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Standard Chartered took advantage of conducive market conditions to secure duration with a £900m (Eu1.3bn, US$1.54bn) 20 year Tier 2 deal on 3 June, its first subordinated debt transaction in sterling since April 2008. ...
Standard Chartered goes longer in sterling Tier 2
Market
Following the recent publication of the Technical Specifications in conjunction with the Stress Tests and the Implementing Technical Standards/Guidelines by EIOPA, we consolidate here the most recent developments in relation ...
Structuring developments in Solvency II capital
Market
Coventry Building Society issues £400m PerpNC5.5 AT1: Coventry, the UK’s third largest building society, issued a £400m perpetual non-call 5.5 AT1 note, marking the deal as the second to convert into Core Capital ...
In brief: Coventry with CCDS conversion, Intesa, UBS T2 in dollars
News in brief
EC launches consultation on the contributions of credit institutions to resolution fund: On 20 June the European Commission launched a consultation on the contributions of credit institutions to resolution financing ...
Resolution mechanisms and funds in focus
Regulation & ratings
A high pace of activity led to just over Eu31bn of euro bank capital supply hitting the market in the first half of the year, nearly 10 times that from the first six months of 2013, but plenty more is said to be in store, ...
Hopes remain high after DB, Bankia top off H1
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Nobody said it was easy, as Coldplay’s Chris Martin sang. And he should know. ...
Nobody said it was easy
Editorial
Only a few months ago serious questions were being asked about the likely demand for CoCos. Explosive growth this year across currencies has put paid to any such doubts. But the market has not been without its problems. Neil ...
Roundtable: AT1 goes global
Q&As
After a debut AT1 for UniCredit in late March at least one top tier issuer from each of Italy, Portugal and Spain has tapped the burgeoning Basel III-era market for hybrid bank capital. But with regulatory questions ...
Southern European champs make their mark
Market
The European Parliament’s recent acceptance of key Commission proposals provides further clarity over the EU’s new financial landscape. Jonathan Blondeau, DCM, capital structuring & liability management at Crédit ...
BRRD & SRM: Where do we stand?
From Crédit Agricole CIB
Crédit Agricole broke new ground in the hybrid market in early April, selling a Eu1.61bn equivalent dual tranche transaction that was the first multi-currency AT1 benchmark and the first time a non-UK financial institution ...
Crédit Agricole in euro/sterling AT1 first
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On 23 April Woori Bank launched the first Basel III-compliant capital instrument from South Korea, a $1bn 10 year bullet with write-down loss absorption. Neil Day asked Chang Yeon Kim, general manager, treasury department, ...
Woori takes Korea into Basel III era
Q&As
Danske Bank opened the Nordic CoCo market on 5 March, drawing some Eu13bn of demand for a much anticipated AT1 transaction of Eu750m (Dkr5.60bn) before the market took a weaker turn. ...
Danske opens Nordic AT1s, sticks to size pledge
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