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Région Wallonne almost wiped out its total funding needs for the year with its first set of benchmark and sustainable bonds on Thursday. -
Logicor’s dual tranche issuance received a mixed reception on Thursday, as the European real estate and logistics company reopened an old note and offered investors a new bond as well.
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Switzerland’s Coca-Cola HBC has amended and extended its revolving facility, with the soft drink bottler supersizing its loan to €800m and including a sustainability element.
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Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance pulled off its biggest auto loan ABS deal to date on Tuesday at its tightest price since 2017, despite a last minute regulatory probe into the originator. But the apparent success owed plenty to the lead underwriters’ co-ordinated efforts to keep the issuer happy and the primacy of credit ratings to international buyers, writes Rebecca Feng.
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Région Wallonne is moving forward with plans to sell its first bonds in benchmark and sustainable format, with initial price thoughts announced on Wednesday for new seven and 15 year bonds.
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Wendel, the French investment group, issued a €300m no-grow on Monday. This was a typical size for the issuer, but it was its first issue for two and a half years. It will use the money to exercise options to call and make whole on its 2020 and 2021 bonds.
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Finnish chemical company Kemira has signed a €400m revolving credit facility, becoming the latest firm to switch its bank debt to sustainability-linked margins.
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Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance is on track to price its largest ABS trade under the Silver Arrow China series. The originator, having previously turned to Moody’s and Fitch for international ratings, switched to S&P and gained an AAA rating for its deal.
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Despite the very attractive conditions in Europe's corporate bond market in recent weeks, some less regular issuers have missed out on them because they were scared off by the rough markets at the beginning of the year.
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Shinhan Bank of South Korea managed tight pricing on its Basel III-compliant tier two deal on Monday. Investors overwhelmed the $400m transaction with orders that covered the book more than seven times at its peak, thanks in part to its rare 10 year tenor but also as a result of its status as Asia’s first dollar-denominated UN Sustainable Development Goals-linked bond. Morgan Davis reports.
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Auchan, the French supermarket chain, issued its second bond of the year on Tuesday, but the first since Standard & Poor's downgraded it in March to BBB-, leaving it on a negative outlook, after a weaker than expected trading performance in 2018.
