Crédit Agricole
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KfW has mandated banks for its first €STR transaction as it looks to become the third public sector borrower to sell a bond linked to the new euro risk-free rate. -
Intesa Sanpaolo and Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) gave investors the chance to put money into preferred senior paper on Tuesday. Both trades attracted chunky order books and gave away a small new issue premium.
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Two SSA borrowers are coming to the market for euro deals on Tuesday. The European Financial Stability Facility and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt will both print what are likely to be their final benchmarks of the year.
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Italy's Prada has signed a sustainability-linked loan, in what the borrower has called the first deal of its type for the luxury goods industry.
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Royal Bank of Scotland launched its debut social bond on Friday, attracting over €2bn of orders for its €750m offering. The trade benefited from a favourable backdrop in the primary market and an increased appetite for UK credit caused by a scarcity of issuance from the country this year.
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A pair of public sector borrowers hit the dollar market this week, pulling off strong deals at three and five years. Both enjoyed a clear field as euro-based borrowers stuck to their home currency thanks to an unpalatable basis swap rate.
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La Banque Postale is looking to strengthen its capital position with a new additional tier one bond, beginning investor meetings on Friday. The issuer joins a growing trend towards issuers employing six month par call options in their perpetual securities.
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China’s Ministry of Finance has raised €4bn from a three tranche deal, returning to the euro market after 15 years away. The bond is expected to encourage Chinese issuers from across the credit spectrum to tap the euro market, writes Addison Gong.
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The Swedish Export Credit Corp printed a $1.25bn three year global benchmark bond on Wednesday, tightening the spread to land flat to its curve and aided by a favourable move in swap spreads.
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The first tier two from Spain’s Unicaja Banco was more than three times subscribed this week after it entered a strong new issue market. It appeared alongside ING, which paid a slim 5bp premium to print a deal in the same asset class.
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Russian pulp and paper producer Ilim Group has launched syndication to refinance a $500m loan, according to bankers. The loan is one of the last expected to be signed in Russia's international syndicated market this year.
