Banks
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IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, made its debut in the Australian dollar market on Wednesday, raising A$400m ($303.2m) with a social bond. -
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Gazprom ended a three year absence from the Swiss franc market this week by attracting a large amount of retail participation in a Sfr600m ($653.4m) deal that launched at an attractive spread.
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond market had a patchy week of issuance, with borrowers dancing around the overhang from the US Federal Reserve meeting and Thursday’s Bank of England equivalent.
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The Republic of Slovenia debuted in the sustainable bond market this week when it sold its third debt offering of the year. It is only a matter of time, bankers said, before sovereigns across central and eastern Europe embrace the ESG debt markets.
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Spain raised €8bn this week with its fourth syndication of the year, demonstrating that in spite of the Next Generation EU’s €20bn debut last week, the euro market still has plenty of depth. Concerns about hedge funds placing enormous orders are starting to recede, said bankers on the deal.
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UBS sold its first green bond this week, bringing the deal at the tightest euro senior spread of the year so far. Further labelled issuance is set to follow, with UniCredit preparing a green debut of its own.
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Snam, the Italian energy infrastructure company, managed only a tepid reaction from the market on Thursday with a 10 year transition bond, as highly rated names continue to find it tough to get full throated support at such tight levels.
