Issue 1718

Cover Stories

Bond buyers pray Fed treads carefully amid delta scare

Nordea signals new era for AT1 pricing with record print

Corporate issuers find way past proceeds problem with green mixture

Fierce scramble for junior ECM staff strikes fear into veteran bankers

Leader

Opportunity knocked but Lat Am was at the beach

The benefits of being half green

Public Sector

EIB sets up strong September in dollar market

EIB elects not to start Sofr mid-swaps charge

Bond Comments

BNG EUR1.75bn 0% Aug 28

EIB USD3bn 0.75% Oct 26

Finland 0% EUR3bn Sep 26

MuniFin USD1bn 0.875% Sep 26

NWB EUR1bn 0% Sep 31 SDG

SGP EUR1.5bn 0.3% Sep 36

Covered Bonds

Bawag christens new green framework with covered deal

Financial Institutions

Jyske and Svenska score aggressive pricing in euro senior

SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge finds demand for green debut in Swissies

Bond Comments

BNP Paribas EUR1bn 0.875% 12NC7 tier two

Jyske Bank EUR500m 0.05% 5NC4 bail-in green

Securitization

Investors take cautious stance on aircraft ABS as travel slows

GoodLeap unravels solar pass-through certificates program

Corporate Bonds

Vonovia returns with biggest euro corporate bond deal of 2021

Dollar IG buyers braced for September bonanza after heading for the Hills

Evonik debuts in growing green hybrid market

High Yield

Debt collector Axactor breaks HY summer silence

Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance

CEE loan volumes take a tumble but ING remains on top

ProSiebenSat launches chunky Schuldschein deal

Lenders forced to look for fewer but bigger fish in Gulf

Emerging Markets

Majid Al Futtaim bolsters green credentials with debut SLL

Argentina’s provincial restructuring saga nears end as outliers reach agreements

Nigeria planning bond market return after Covid-19 disruption

Sukuk momentum builds as Egypt inches closer to debut

Equity

Europe's convertible bond market prepares for busy autumn

PureGym considers shedding debt with second IPO attempt

French green tech company plans IPO to fund new plants

People Moves

Morgan Stanley adds three bankers to EMEA equity solutions team

BNP Paribas appoints Hartman to run EMEA loan syndicate

White Oak hires new ESG managing director

Columns

Southpaw

ABN Amro reaches calmer waters with IB revamp

FIG Bond Comments

Handelsbanken EUR1bn 0.05% Sep 28 senior

Rating: Aa2/AA-/AA

Frank Jackman, August 27, 2021
GC View

Still a long way to go for the EU to be the eurozone's safe asset

The EU has said it wants its bonds to be a safe asset for the eurozone, but to achieve that, it needs to make some big changes

Lewis McLellan, August 24, 2021

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