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A Swiss Federal Council report containing recommendations on improving financial market stability requires further evaluation, including with respect to the design of future additional tier 1 capital instruments, say Stefan Kramer, Benedikt Maurenbrecher, and Daniel Hulmann of Homburger

Seven months after our initial note on the subject, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on November 27, 2023 adopted Rule 192 (Rule 192 or the Final Rule)1...

EG Group leant on private markets to raise cash for its purchase of the forecourts business of UK supermarket Asda and a chain of German petrol stations from OMV. The group is raising first and second lien loans, and, on February 26, privately placed a £675m Reg S-only bond.

Quick to adapt In a rapidly changing market, one bank picked the right deals and harnessed Asia’s growing demand for socially responsible investments to fund Covid-19 recovery efforts. For its response to unprecedented conditions, HSBC is IFR’s Asia Bond House of the Year. Asia’s primary bond markets started 2020 on a tear, before issuance ground to a halt in mid-March as global markets plunged because of the coronavirus pandemic. In late March and April, Asian high-grade issuers took the...

Asia’s primary bond markets started 2020 on a tear, before issuance ground to a halt in mid-March as global markets plunged because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. In late March and April, Asian high-grade issuers took their first steps into a fragile market – one where new issue concessions were essential. As confidence grew, high-yield issuance returned and new deals pushed out to longer tenors, but it took a skilled arranger to balance the needs of issuers and investors. HSBC, which i...