Crédit Agricole
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The European Financial Stability Facility mandated banks on Monday to lead a euro dual tranche transaction in what could be the issuer’s first and final outing of the fourth quarter. -
Green, social and sustainable issuance has dominated the supranational and agency bond market for a whole month, consistently outpacing conventional supply. That trend looks set to continue with three SRI deals already on screens.
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Egypt this week became the first sovereign issuer in the Middle East and North Africa to issue a green bond. The deal had been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, bankers said, but it gained considerable traction from investors when it was finally brought to market.
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Bank Nederlandse Gementeen kicked off a busy week for socially responsible bond issuance by public sector borrowers with a well-received 12 year sustainable bond, its longest ever deal in that format.
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Eureden, a French food co-operative, has signed about €550m of sustainability linked loans, with part of the money earmarked for acquisitions.
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The Development Bank of Japan will kick-off a series of investor calls on Thursday for its first sustainability bond under its freshly updated framework, which includes assets related to its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Europe’s high grade primary market chugged on with a handful of trades on Wednesday, but syndicate bankers acknowledge that supply looks to be muted in what should usually be a hectic period.
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BPER Banca, the Modena-based banking group, has unveiled the terms for a €800m rights issue to fund an acquisition of hundreds of branches across northern Italy from Intesa Sanpaolo.
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Investment grade companies are filtering into the euro bond market in the run-up to the last quarter of the year, including Informa, the UK publishing and exhibition company, which wants to swap its private placements for public bonds.
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Two CEEMEA issuers, Egypt and Hungary's Mol, are in the market this week to raise funding. According to experts, issuers are eager to get their funding in before expected geopolitical and coronavirus-related volatility impacts markets.
