◆ Second French senior bond in a row after slight improvement in tone ◆ Clear concession to cushion political jitters ◆ €4bn book proves appetite for French FIG
◆ Funding completed ahead of more political instability ◆ Deal leaves no concession, according to rival bankers, when others are paying up ◆ Total book larger than deal size but only with JLM orders
◆ How French issuers are responding to political ructions ◆ French corporate, agency, bank and sovereign bonds discussed ◆ French lender brings innovative European Defence Bond
◆ Novel deal first of a kind from a non-SSA issuer ◆ Delivers 'political message' in readiness for defence financing ◆ Bankers debate whether issuer paid 'generous' concession
◆ Deal is first since French PM called confidence vote ◆ Some concession left on top of wider secondary levels ◆ Bankers call French covered paper 'attractive'
