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Stora Enso, the Finnish paper company, and Belgian utility Fluvius mandated banks to lead green bonds of 10 years or more on Monday, combining two recent themes in corporate bonds — ESG issuance and longer maturities. -
Carmila, the French shopping centre owner, rode the positive sentiment generated by news of another promising Covid-19 vaccine on Monday to launch a sub-benchmark bond. Bankers expect such opportunistic, small scale deals to dominate corporate issuance for the rest of the year.
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Volkswagen led the dollar primary bond market this week as borrowers jumped into a crowded field to find funding ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays.
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French companies Schneider Electric and LafargeHolcim pushed the fledgling sustainability-linked bond asset class to new levels this week, helping quell vocal concerns from some investors that having an unspecified use of proceeds means the structure has no place in ESG portfolios, write Mike Turner and Aidan Gregory.
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Northumberland Estates, the body that manages the interests of the Duke of Northumberland, has sold £200m worth of private placements to US and UK investors, according to market sources. The borrower joins Blenheim Palace, the Duchy of Cornwall and a long list of esoteric credits to tap the private markets.
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Thales, the French aerospace and defence company, offered Europe’s high grade bond investors something towards the top of the rating scale on Thursday, while lower rated sub-benchmark sized debt from Finland’s Metso Outotec offered buyers the chance for a bit more spread.
