BNP Paribas
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UniCredit plans to make labelled financing a regular part of its funding across the group, following the launch of its debut labelled bond this week. Its first deal proved popular as it stacked up more than €3.25bn of demand. -
A trio of rare names made use of the attractive issuance conditions and strong appetite for credit to launch debut deals this week. Two of the borrowers — Illimity and Groupama — chose to print subordinated deals into this stable market, while Erste Bank Croatia sold its first public deal outside its home market.
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Inmobiliaria Colonial, the Spanish property company, reopened its newly printed June 2029 bonds on Thursday, paying a few basis points' concession to increase them by 25%.
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Voltalia, a French renewable energy company, has signed a €170m sustainability-linked loan, with the deal adding to the growing trend of second party opinion providers becoming a central part of ESG finance.
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The Bank of Nova Scotia’s Chilean subsidiary turned to the Swiss franc for its debut international bond sale on Tuesday, achieving a cost of funding well inside what it could have achieved in the domestic market.
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Bulgarian animal healthcare company Huvepharma has become the latest casualty in an IPO market oversaturated with supply.
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UniCredit took a large chunk of its additional tier one (AT1) funding off the table ahead of the summer break with the sale of a €750m note on Wednesday.
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Two infrequent names ventured into the euro market to print debut deals in subordinated formats on Wednesday. Italy's Ilimity bank raised €200m with its first tier two, while French insurer Groupama scooped €500m with its inaugural tier three bond.
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BNP Paribas has retained its place at the top of the EMEA loan league table for the first half of 2021, but its market share is much smaller than for the same period last year.
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Repsol, the Spanish petrochemicals company, made its first foray into sustainability-linked bonds on Tuesday, though some of the power was taken out of the deal by investors judging the level too tight for a triple-B rated issuer.
