Mizuho

Japanese bank goes ahead of peers by merging bank and securities firm in EMEA

Issuer almost alone among US and European companies in market this year

Tech firm to repay part of WMWare financing after biding its time

Issuance comes after a brief lull in foreign borrower activity

More than 12 regional and global banks joined the facility as Middle Eastern companies find M&A appetite

◆ Dual-tranche offering is second euro visit this year ◆ No-grow and green format on short tenor helps tightening ◆ Evidence of duration demand

SSA issuers priced before US inflation data is announced

Dollar-based funders return to the primary market

◆ Foreign FIG issuance so far in 2024 outstrips last year’s volume by more than $20bn ◆ Multiple Canadian and Japanese lenders print ◆ US banks prepare capital plans after the Fed’s latest stress tests

Thirty year career has taken him from syndicate to sustainability

◆ Mizuho and Westpac NZ the only FIG issuers in dollars this week ◆ After each raised $1.5bn in dual tranchers, monthly volume pushed to $28bn ◆ Market focus also on Capital One's acquisition of Discover

◆ High oversubscriptions despite tight pricing show investors’ eagerness to buy FIG ◆ RBI prints a day after announcing potential Belarus exit ◆ Mizuho’s long 10 year confirms bid for duration