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Bpifrance dives into European Green Bond market
◆ EuGB label attracts second French agency ◆ Tight pricing to existing secondaries ◆ Label, no-grow language and marketing all help
Demand to invest in the low carbon transition is growing fast, but strategies are very diverse
Trafigura strikes third German-guaranteed loan for critical metals
Commerzbank arranges $1.1bn deal for supply of vital raw materials
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Demand to invest in the low carbon transition is growing fast, but strategies are very diverse
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◆ Order book smaller than issuer’s last covered in January ◆ Banker said covered bond market has reached plateau ◆ -
Treasury director Rodrigo Robledo says investor relations work has paid off
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◆ Two steps to terms debated ◆ Priced flat to fair value or even with negative concession ◆ Investors split on long-dated holdco supply
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◆ Norwegian bank increases size ◆ Issuer meets spread objective ◆ Banker said he drew confidence from secondaries
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◆ Issuers opt for extra guidance as market softens ◆ Enexis takes size at six years ◆ DSM-Firmenich lands tight
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◆ Madrid plans 10 year deal ◆ Bpifrance set to launch EuGB ◆ MuniFin 'rare and well regarded'
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Questions hang over the future of software as a service firms
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Shipbuilder's shares fall 10% after capital raise
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◆ Energy pair bring three tranches ◆ Sub-100bp senior/hybrid spreads secured ◆ Single digit concessions offered
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Founder of climate investing think tank wants to apply ideas as bond investor
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When loans' LTVs hit 80%, Bitcoin stakes are liquidated in seconds
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Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion
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Ivory Coast squeezed tight, taking $1.3bn in an 'aggressive' execution
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Blackstone is targeting a quicker than usual three day execution
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The country is one of the highest regarded sovereign issuers on the continent
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The government has been much more proactive in its debt management since a scare in 2024
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The yield was ultra high but Congo had little room to manoeuvre
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The Senate Banking Committee approved the nomination of Gary Gensler as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, allowing the two picks by US president Joe Biden to advance to the Senate floor. The restoration of consumer protection initiatives removed under the Trump administration is expected to follow a successful confirmation by Chopra.
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Short sellers get a lot of stick, whether it is Elon Musk taunting them, an army of Redditors squeezing them or the corporations they target otherwise harassing, suing and investigating them. But they play a vital part in capital markets, as underlined by the Greensill affair — where the finance firm’s private status meant that for too long it could hide from the accountability that short sellers can help deliver.
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Davy, the Irish brokerage firm, has shut its bond desk with immediate effect following a damning investigation by the Central Bank of Ireland which found a group of employees breached markets regulation for personal financial again over a period of two years.
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Eight banks provided loan facility to company
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Vaccine bond programme to issue $1.5bn this year but needs new pledges
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First deal of its kind more than 1.5 times subscribed
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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
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Sponsored by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
CAF gearing up to transform regional development
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Sponsored by Emirates NBD Capital
Emirates NBD Capital: An unrivalled conduit for Middle East liquidity
