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AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year
◆ French firm takes €700m with unrated deal ◆ Double digit concession needed ◆ Deal prices inside debut, but returns higher yield
◆ Company's first euro bond since 2020 ◆ Peak books top €8.1bn ◆ Defence business angle pulls in investors
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Biodiversity — long overshadowed by climate change as the financial world has started to get to grips with environmental issues — has leapt up the agenda with the launch on Friday of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures. -
Two Chinese local government financing vehicles joined the flurry of dollar bonds in the Asia market on Thursday.
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Two Chinese real estate companies sold sub-one year bonds on Thursday, raising $350m between them.
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Supply was light in the US corporate bond market this week, partly because the May non-farm payrolls report is due on Friday. Participants are braced for volatility after the US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday it would start selling its holdings of corporate bonds, purchased as a stimulus measure at the height of the pandemic. It was left to Vodafone of the UK to reopen new issuance after the Memorial Day holiday.
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Europe’s corporate bond market has seen an influx of ESG deals from highly polluting sectors, testing how much environmentally and socially conscious investors buy into firms' transition stories.
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond bankers are bracing for a hectic week ahead as issuers are expected to front run the European Central Bank indicating it will follow the US Federal Reserve’s lead and reduce its corporate bond purchases.
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