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Relief for UK water, but not for Thames, as Ofwat sets five year plan
Ailing Thames Water got little of what it asked for, Southern Water a modest lift
Country's gross borrowing will rise 16% next year as defence budget grows
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Country's gross borrowing will rise 16% next year as defence budget grows
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Same lenders provide the facility as were on the refinanced €420m deal
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Luxembourg market draws closer to extinction
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New 10 year with green twin planned
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Bankers expect sustainability-linked borrowing to continue, but become more rigorous
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Bloc set to lean on auctions to help achieve next year's borrowing task
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Central bank interest rates cuts turbocharged the unsecured FIG market in 2024, making for a strong year for bond issuance. With further rate cuts in Europe expected in 2025, Atanas Dinov reveals how market participants expect the year to unfold
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Reverse mortgage deal joins Australian securitization party as UK ponders how to deal with maturing interest-only mortgages
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Greenwashing taint can flow far through supply chains, or arise from unrelated activities
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With only a few poor IPO performers this year, the market is functioning, which will give succour to defence companies looking to list
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Capital still being poured into climate-harming technology
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One investor expects the oil firm's triple tranche deal will price at least flat to the sovereign
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Trade will test investor appetite for longer dated bonds, said one banker
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As Thames Water goes to court, UK regulator Ofwat’s final determination will be judged too
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UK judge hears claims the company is being held to ransom in £3bn emergency funding dispute
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Judge asked to consider alternative funding plan as investor calls grow for government intervention
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With war raging on the continent, a shifting geopolitical landscape and a tenuous fiscal backdrop in several EU member states’ economies, the bloc’s supranational institutions — the darlings of the public sector bond market — face having to do more to fund its investment needs, as Elias Wilson reports
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Excitement is brewing among Latin America debt capital markets bankers over the prospects for the region’s three largest bond markets. But there is also trepidation that any deviation in the path of US interest rates could derail their impressive recovery, writes Oliver West
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Interest rate cuts mean spirits are high in the CEEMEA primary bond market after it recovered a semblance of normality in 2024. But Donald Trump’s election as the next US president has added uncertainty to the trajectory of interest rates, throwing borrowers and investors a curveball, write George Collard and Francesca Young
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Decision on the refi will be made in first half of 2025 but new Eurobonds are 'unlikely'
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Making bankers apply for their own jobs is a recipe for disruption
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BBC claimed UK water company inflated its accounts by £1.7bn
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Number of Riyadh listings has swollen as economy grows and liberalises
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Acquisitive company also prints bonds following Valinor purchase
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Better book than last sell-down with new long-only institutions coming into the stock while others add to positions
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