Standard Chartered

Hire follows senior bankers quitting

◆ RBC leads European banks to funding in the US ◆ Once JP Morgan starts the third quarter bank earnings season local FIG bond wave could materialise ◆ This could keep market busy until US election

◆ Premium paid debated ◆ Uncertainty about tenor chosen ◆ More covered supply to come as issuers adapt to higher premiums

◆ Latest deal spree reaches $13.5bn-equivalent ◆ KBC funds at tight price but cracks in demand show ◆ Stan Chart prints in Singaporean dollars

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

Banker will oversee Nordic bank and public sector coverage

◆ Report examined if eight major UK banks could enter resolution safely ◆ One bank singled out for a ‘shortcoming’ ◆ ‘Areas for enhancements’ identified in five

New head joins after five years heading north American FIG at Santander

◆ Favourable dollar market draws foreign and domestic FIG issuers ◆ NatWest chooses dollar for AT1 to achieve best post-swap cost ◆ String of senior issuance also offers rare five year FRN

Deal will be secured against a pool of Singaporean residential mortgages

Ex-banker joins trading platform as demand for digitisation grows

Little is being done to protect society from climate change’s worsening effects