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BPCE and Danske show covered market is resolute

It was business as usual on Monday when the euro covered primary market reopened against a backdrop of escalating geopolitical crisis, proving the safe-haven value of this asset class from an investor viewpoint. 

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FIG issuers keep calm and carry on

Supportive technical conditions and a surprisingly benign market backdrop allowed FIG issuers to keep up the steady pace of euro issuance on Monday, while more issuers lined up sub-benchmark capital trades to follow. 

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Altrad and Sanofi see uninterrupted demand

Open warfare in the Middle East failed to dampen the demand for investment-grade corporate euro credit on Monday, as two issuers at opposite ends of the IG ratings ladder both attracted books over €5bn.

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EU mandates into market strikingly calm despite Israel-Iran exchange

The European Union's new syndication is heading into a remarkably calm market considering the escalating exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.

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Take-privates drive Japan M&A boom

A flurry of jumbo take-private deals has fuelled expectations of bumper M&A lending this year and next in Japan while also shining the spotlight on the depth of liquidity among bank lenders in the world’s fourth-largest economy.

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Cloudflare fires salvo with hyper-aggressive US$1.75bn CB

Extreme volatility of share prices is allowing some companies to borrow for free in the US equity-linked market with next to no chance of experiencing dilution from the convertibles, with Cloudflare's US$1.75bn CB one of the most remarkable examples yet seen.

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Moves – Citi creates EMEA and UK debt capital markets structure

Citigroup has revamped its debt capital markets team for Europe, the UK, Middle East and Africa, combining investment-grade loans and bonds and strengthening its financial institutions business, according to an internal memo seen by IFR.

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Shorting the dollar: popular trade, painful price

Foreign exchange traders are eager to short the US dollar. The problem is the trade comes with a steep price tag.

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Dollar upheaval sparks FX trading boom

Banks’ foreign exchange trading desks are off to their best start to a year since 2022 after a sharp reversal in the US dollar ignited market volatility and triggered a surge in client activity.

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Citigroup drops DEI criteria from sustainable finance goal

Citigroup has quietly removed diversity and equity requirements from its US$1trn sustainable finance target, as Wall Street firms continue to retreat from DEI initiatives amid political attacks.

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Capital clouds UBS investment bank ambitions

Just two years after UBS took over Credit Suisse and set out plans to expand its investment bank by filling gaps in coverage in the United States, that strategy could be upended after Swiss regulators hardened capital requirements for the bank.

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Sizzling Platter readies bond for Bain buyout

Sizzling Platter stepped into the junk bond market on Monday with what is part of a more than US$1bn debt package backing Bain Capital’s buyout of the US restaurant franchisee of brands including Dunkin’, Little Caesars, Jersey Mike’s and Red Robin.

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BPCE and Danske show covered market is resolute

It was business as usual on Monday when the euro covered primary market reopened against a backdrop of escalating geopolitical crisis, proving the safe-haven value of this asset class from an investor viewpoint. 

BON ESG LOA
FIG issuers keep calm and carry on

Supportive technical conditions and a surprisingly benign market backdrop allowed FIG issuers to keep up the steady pace of euro issuance on Monday, while more issuers lined up sub-benchmark capital trades to follow. 

BON ESG
Altrad and Sanofi see uninterrupted demand

Open warfare in the Middle East failed to dampen the demand for investment-grade corporate euro credit on Monday, as two issuers at opposite ends of the IG ratings ladder both attracted books over €5bn.

BON
EU mandates into market strikingly calm despite Israel-Iran exchange

The European Union's new syndication is heading into a remarkably calm market considering the escalating exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.

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DailyPay readies first on-demand pay securitization

DailyPay is preparing to issue a US$200m two-year securitization supported by short-term salary advances, marking the first time this consumer asset has appeared in the asset-backed market.

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Mizuho breaks through with Invesco CLO

Mizuho has priced its first European CLO as sole arranger since rebooting its team with the hire of Hernan Quipildor three years ago. The deal was for Invesco, €403.3m in size, with a standard roughly 4.5-year reinvestment period and 1.5 years of call protection.

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Guggenheim returns with first euro CLO since February 2022

Guggenheim Partners is marketing Bilbao CLO V, its first European CLO since February 2022, via arranger Jefferies. The expected €406m deal has a proposed 4.5-year reinvestment period and 1.5-year non-call period.

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EU ABS reforms welcomed, but devil is in the detail

Market participants attending the Global ABS conference in Barcelona were cautiously optimistic about the European Union’s upcoming new securitisation framework, although the process of implementing it is expected to be long and the devil will be in the detail.

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SRT marches on to world domination

The significant risk transfer market, which has been growing rapidly in Europe since the 2010s, is spreading into new regions such as Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, according to attendees at the Global ABS conference in Barcelona.

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Citigroup drops DEI criteria from sustainable finance goal

Citigroup has quietly removed diversity and equity requirements from its US$1trn sustainable finance target, as Wall Street firms continue to retreat from DEI initiatives amid political attacks.

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Togo 20-year loan overcomes African freeze

Overcoming challenging conditions for sub-Saharan Africa sovereigns in public bond markets, sub-investment-grade Togo has used credit enhancement from Lloyd's of London insurers and the African Development Bank’s concessional lending arm to raise 20-year funding.

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New York hits pause on climate disclosure rules

A bill that requires companies operating in New York to disclose their carbon footprint has failed to progress through the state legislature this year, delaying its potential enactment until at least 2026.

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Investor popularity and market tone see EIB to record book

The European Investment Bank flexed its status as one of the SSA market's best bid issuers and built a record order book for its new 10-year euro deal. It achieved the milestone despite the trade coming months after the year's typical period of peak liquidity in January and February.

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IDA makes Swiss debut with SDB

The International Development Association, part of the World Bank Group, made its debut in the Swiss franc market on Tuesday, June 10 with a SFr255m (US$310m) seven-year sustainable development bond. The paper came in a SFr30m larger size and just 1bp back of the previous month's similarly styled deal from stablemate IBRD. 

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Chow Tai Fook Jewellery launches HK$7.85bn CB

Hong Kong-listed Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group is raising HK$7.85bn (US$1bn) from convertible bonds.

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ICICI Prudential plans to file for around US$1bn IPO in June

India's ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company plans to file for an IPO of around US$1bn as early as this month, people with knowledge of the transaction said. 

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Cloudflare fires salvo with hyper-aggressive US$1.75bn CB

Extreme volatility of share prices is allowing some companies to borrow for free in the US equity-linked market with next to no chance of experiencing dilution from the convertibles, with Cloudflare's US$1.75bn CB one of the most remarkable examples yet seen.

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Grab delivers upsized convert

Nasdaq-listed Singapore ride-hailing and delivery company Grab Holdings has drawn strong demand for a US$1.5bn upsized convertible bond, as investors like the potential equity upside brought by a possible acquisition and the scarcity value of paper from a US-listed non-China Asian play. 

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Chime rings bell on above-range US$864m Nasdaq IPO

Chime Financial shares surged nearly 40% on their US market debut on Thursday following above-range pricing of its US$864m Nasdaq IPO, highlighting the current strength of the US new issue market. 

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Take-privates drive Japan M&A boom

A flurry of jumbo take-private deals has fuelled expectations of bumper M&A lending this year and next in Japan while also shining the spotlight on the depth of liquidity among bank lenders in the world’s fourth-largest economy.

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Stuck sponsors crank up leverage

Sponsors in Europe are releveraging portfolio companies at record levels through dividend recaps, as they squeeze money out of assets that are bogged down in a stalled M&A market.

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Jumbo bridge loans boost IG volume

Loans backing the mergers and acquisitions or spinoff activity of investment-grade companies are gathering steam with more than US$26bn of bridge financings announced in the last week, after a lacklustre start to the year in which event-driven transactions were stymied by volatility linked to Washington trade policies.

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Currency rise hits real estate loans

The rapid appreciation of the Taiwanese dollar against the greenback in the past seven weeks is having an unexpected ripple effect on a part of the domestic loan market in Taiwan that was already reeling from regulatory tightening last year.

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Repricings return as volatility subsides

Companies are heading back to the US leveraged loan market to cut costs, some for the third time in 18 months, as volatility has subsided after issuance ground to a halt amid a US-led trade war.

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Chart Of The Day

A very minor new high for the EUROSTOXX 600 with the market having run into trend resistance off highs from March. It has been an incredible rebound for stock markets in general but could be running out of momentum here. S&P futures have posted an inside day here with a sharp 0.8% loss.  Japanese and Chinese markets closed today.   

 |  Updated:  | John Ratcliffe
Chart of the Day - EUROSTOXX 600 runs into trend resistance