Crédit Agricole
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A pair of French agencies hit the market on Wednesday, pulling off impressive deals ahead of the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday, where investors hope to hear promises of increased support. -
The financial primary market paused on Wednesday. Despite euro borrowers enjoying oversubscribed order books this week, demand in the secondary market is lagging behind, as investors await further rises in yields.
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Latvia was set to sell a bond in euros on Wednesday, which market participants said was set to be priced very tightly.
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Enel, the Italian energy company, has signed a €10bn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, taking the title for the largest such deal that was held by Anheuser-Busch InBev for less than a month.
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Crédit Agricole Italia became the first Italian bank to issue a green obbligazioni bancarie garantite on Monday and the first in well over a decade to issue an OBG at a single-digit spread over mid-swaps.
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Aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group has returned to the loan market for a $200m borrowing.
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Crédit Agricole Italia has mandated its parent company’s investment banking arm to arrange investor calls ahead of its inaugural green covered bond.
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Italy made its long-awaited green bond debut this week, and set new records for the biggest and longest sovereign green bond.
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Bank of Ireland’s inaugural green bond attracted the largest financial senior book in euros this week, peaking at €2.5bn, as it offered investors a chance to pick up labelled paper at a shorter tenor and with plenty of spread.
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Hamburg Commercial Bank is aiming to establish a regular market presence as part of its post-privatisation transformation plan by following a senior deal on Tuesday with a return to a non-preferred format later this year.
