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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
The twelve quotes of Christmas
The best things said in capital markets — and the most revealing
Record funding year ahead for Council of Europe
Development bank seeks to expand borrowing toolkit while funding largest ever target
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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Draft budget plans suggest a record year of international bond issuance
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Buyers already thinking about what happens once sanctions are lifted but many hurdles remain
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Steel firm tightens both tranches of its €1bn trade by 40bp
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Deal structured as a Sharia-compliant tranched private securitization
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◆ Donald Trump’s threat to ESG finance in the US ◆ Why ‘woke capitalism’ won’t be put to bed ◆ UK auto ABS faces up to compensation crisis
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M&A refinancing wins more than €11bn of orders and tightens by 50bp
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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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Observers disagreed on the revolution's potential impact on Turkey and other neighbours
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I feel I've been passed over because my face doesn't fit
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Some bonds have tightened, suggesting fixed income investors wanted new leadership
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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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