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A year ago, deeply subordinated debt markets and the nascent bank AT1 asset class were looking forward to an exciting year ahead. Twelve months later, a sense of foreboding is more appropriate. ...
New Year sales?
Editorial
Belgium’s KBC launched one of the more successful bank Tier 2 issues of November, a Eu750m 10 year non-call five deal on 18 November that attracted a Eu2bn book in spite of deteriorating market conditions. Leads DZ, ...
KBC launches Group-level Tier 2
Market
Axa and Generali completed liability management exercises taking in perpetual subordinated notes in October and November, in what is expected to be a growing theme for the insurance sector going into 2015. ...
Axa, Generali optimise through LM exercises
Market
The European Central Bank announced the results of its Comprehensive Assessment of 123 banks’ capital on 2 November and the market was relieved that the results contained no major negative surprises. ...
ECB stress test results: keep calm & carry on
Market
Crédit Agricole Assurances (CAA) marked its debut in the primary market on 7 October with a Eu750m perpetual non-call 11 issue. Here, Grégory Erphelin, chief financial officer at CAA, discusses the execution of the debut ...
Crédit Agricole Assurances: Going solo
Q&As
CNP Assurances returned to the subordinated debt market on 12 November to price a Eu500m perpetual non-call 10 issue, with CA-CIB as a joint bookrunner. Vincent Damas, director for ALM and funding, and Stéphane Trarieux, ...
CNP Assurances: Perpetual return
Q&As
The corporate hybrid market has grown up since the crisis, attracting a broader range of credits. Here, Jonathan Blondeau, DCM, capital structuring & liability management at Crédit Agricole CIB, explores its evolution. ...
Corporate hybrids: Coming of age
Focus
The UK has led the way in new-style bank capital instruments and sterling issuance has found its way into investors’ portfolios, but the pace of regulatory change has brought with it uncertainty. A difficult summer has ...
Roundtable: Team UK
Q&As
Nordea achieved the lowest coupon on an AT1 with the first such issue from Sweden on 16 September, a $1.5bn (Eu1.16bn, Skr10.7bn) transaction split into two tranches that included a $1bn perpetual non-call five tranche ...
Nordea sets AT1 tight with Swedish first
Market
Hannover Re issued a Eu500m perpetual non-call 10.75 Tier 2 issue on 8 September that highlighted the strong market conditions for insurance companies bringing hybrid bonds. ...
Hannover Re T2 shows issuers’ market for insurers
Market
Crédit Agricole took its total AT1 issuance to some Eu3.8bn with a $1.25bn deal on 11 September, making it one of the most active banks in Basel III-compliant capital instruments. Here, Olivier Bélorgey, head of the ...
CASA: AT1 commitment
Case Studies
Germany’s Bayer on 25 June launched the largest euro hybrid bond transaction, a Eu3.25bn dual tranche deal, as part of a major acquisition financing. In doing so, it returned to an instrument it previously issued in 2005. ...
Bayer: Lighting up the market
Focus
