Banks
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Europe’s high grade corporate market this week saw one of its busiest days of the year, with a touch over €4.5bn printed from eight tranches on Wednesday, and investors lapped up most of the deals with ease. -
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University College London has issued the first public ESG-labelled bond from the UK’s higher education sector, which it priced flat to fair value. But bankers say that while the demand is there, a lack of supply means deals like this are going to be a rarity.
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HICL Infrastructure and JLEN Environmental Assets, two London-listed infrastructure funds, this week signed ESG-linked loans that use Sonia instead of Libor. But loans bankers are still worried about the large number of deals that have not moved away from Libor, which falls out of use on December 31.
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University College London has issued the first public ESG-labelled bond from the UK’s higher education sector, which it priced flat to fair value.
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ESG trades were again the dominant format in Europe’s high grade corporate bond market on Thursday, with railway product maker Wabtec Transport and property developer Citycon printing green debt.
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European banks made the most of an improving tone in the euro market this week, piling on top of one another to access funding in a small but supportive window.
