Crédit Agricole
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The European Investment Bank achieved very tight pricing for the launch of its first sustainability bond on Thursday, in a sign that the exhaustive marketing it had done for the €500m deal had succeeded. The EIB sees this new product line as a way to influence market practice in the direction of clear explanation of sustainability goals and indicators.
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Amadeus, the Spanish IT company that provides systems for the air travel industry, sold its fourth deal in as many consecutive years on Thursday. The new deal was its first multi-tranche offering and the eight year tranche was the longest the company had offered to date.
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After a drought of new investment grade corporate bonds from the telecom sector, French operator Orange made it two in two days after Telefónica sold a seven year trade on Tuesday. Orange offered a 12 year tranche as well as another seven year offering, but had to leave something on the table to achieve a €2bn print.
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Two Chinese bond issuers found opposite responses to their green outings on Tuesday. While China General Nuclear Power Corp opted for a euro-denominated deal to target green dedicated funds in Europe, Beijing Capital Group found less traction with sustainability-focused investors for its dollar trade.
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GlobalCapital announced the winners of its Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards 2018 in Amsterdam on Tuesday evening. This year’s two sovereign debut green finance issues, from Indonesia and Belgium, won Deals of the Year in their regions, and there were double laurels for Danone, in both the bond and loan markets.
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China General Nuclear Power Corporation sold its second green bond in the euro market on Tuesday, nine months after its first success in the format. Last time the company sold green alongside five and 10 year conventional dollar bonds and this time it used a similar combination, replacing the 10 year dollar option with 30 year notes.
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Crédit Agricole has created two new desks in Asia focused on acquisition and leveraged finance and coverage of funds, according to a statement on Tuesday.
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Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) is hitting the road for a benchmark sized five year dollar trade, with a deal expected as early as next week.
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Two of the euro corporate bond market’s more frequent issuers helped fully reopen the market with a pair of dual-tranche deals immediately following the UK August bank holiday. The quality of the credits was one of the reasons the market was able to digest €6.65bn of supply on the day.
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The corporate bond market started at a frantic pace on Tuesday with five deals pricing. But on Wednesday French tyre manufacturer Michelin found its patience was rewarded with a chance to dominate investors’ attention and it was able to build the largest order book for a 20 year euro tranche in 2018.
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The corporate bond market started at a frantic pace on Tuesday with five deals pricing. But on Wednesday French tyre manufacturer Michelin found its patience was rewarded with a chance to dominate investors’ attention.