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Two new companies are joining the green bond market. Last week SCA, the Swedish forest products group, launched a Skr1.5bn green bond and tomorrow, Skanska, the Swedish construction company, is expected to bring its first deal.
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The third bond issue to use the European Investment Bank’s project bond credit enhancement was priced on Monday. It will finance the construction of a stretch of highway connecting the Belgian port of Zeebrugge with the motorway network.
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Unilever launched its first green bond this week, and priced the issue 1bp through its own curve, bankers estimated.
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Electricité de France has mandated HSBC as adviser on its project financing for the new Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset, which it plans to finance using the UK government’s infrastructure guarantee.
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Gatwick Airport, London’s second airport, launched its fifth bond on Thursday, raising £350m to repay the last of the bank debt at its secured funding vehicle. The deal is part of a wider refinancing.
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Unilever launched its first green bond today, and priced the £250m issue 1bp through its own curve, bankers estimated. The deal found a strong reception, with £850m of demand, of which about two thirds came from investors managing funds with socially responsible mandates.