Banks
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BNP Paribas printed its first green bond in dollars this week, as banks cranked out deals and activity nearly touched on last year’s pandemic-induced volumes. -
Anadolu Efes, the Turkish brewer, returned to the market this week to issue a new bond and launch a tender for its dollar debt. Investors say it is one of the more attractive credits from the country, despite domestic economic volatility.
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A smattering of smaller euro issuers made the most of an attractive window this week, as they looked to use the stable conditions to take “some risk off the table” ahead of the summer break.
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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.
