Crédit Agricole
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Eranove, an electricity and water company that operates in several west African countries, has published its document de base for a Paris IPO that will raise €200m of new capital and may also involve a secondary selldown. -
European Investment Bank is expected to comfortably print a 10 year Earn on Tuesday, but bankers have expressed concern for the prospects of other issuers looking to sell deals in the currency as yields fall to near record lows.
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With spring finally arriving in London, public sector bankers were warming up for an expected burst of dollar issuance as the second quarter kicks in next week — with a full rainbow of maturities available for the first time since the summer, writes Craig McGlashan.
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The success of the Euro private placement market is clear from its internationalisation and the growth in issuance by smaller companies, said market participants at an industry gathering on Tuesday. But in the next stage of the market’s evolution, it will have to tackle the issues that come with deals of lower credit quality.—
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The International Finance Corporation proved that there is demand for the tightest of issuers at the 10 year part of the dollar curve, after it printed a $700m April 2026 global green bond on Wednesday.
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Issuers have nipped into the euro market after Easter with some canny deals. Meanwhile the dollar market was watching US Federal Reserve chairperson, Janet Yellen, who on Tuesday said that the possibility of further rate hikes was “not a plan set in stone”.
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The International Finance Corporation is set to extend its green — and conventional — curve with its first 10 year dollar syndication for over 20 years, in what bankers suggest will be the strongest indicator so far for the level of demand returning to the tenor.
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Will euros or dollars dominate SSA bond issuance in the second quarter? Debate over the direction of primary markets broke out this week with issuers scheming arbitrage trades in euros, while others believe the dollars will win out. Craig McGlashan reports.
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SNCF Réseau became the second SSA issuer of the week to target the long end of the euro curve, printing a €500m May 2037 on Wednesday.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles issued €1.25bn of unsecured bonds on Wednesday, the second crossover deal in the European corporate bond market this week.
