Currencies
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Calls are growing louder for sovereigns to pull their weight and assume a leading role in the development of the green bond market. But, as was demonstrated at panels in Euromoney’s Global Borrowers & Bond Investors Forum this week, many of them are reluctant to take up the SRI baton, write Lewis McLellan and Sharon Kimathi. -
Though this week was expected to be something of a write-off for SSA issuance, thanks to Euromoney’s Global Borrowers & Bond Investors forum, a pair of issuers pulled off well-received transactions.
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Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), the Paris transport authority, printed its inaugural green bond on Thursday, selling a €500m no-grow into a thrice oversubscribed book and pulling the price in 5bp from guidance.
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Swiss management firm Helvetia Environnement Groupe (HEG), a BB- rated debut borrower, raised Sfr75m ($77m) with a five year green bond on Wednesday, in under two hours. A series of sub-investment grade issuers have made an impression on the Swiss market recently — a sign, Swiss bankers believe, of Swiss lenders’ growing ease with lower-rated credits.
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French agency Société de Financement Local (SFiL) raised $1bn with its first ever dollar bond on Wednesday, while the German State of North Rhein-Westphalia pushed out its curve to 2048.
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On Wednesday BP became the third UK issuer to sell bonds in euros this week. The €1.5bn dual tranche deal followed oil entering bear market territory on Tuesday.
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Maria Cannata, director of Italy’s public debt, has hit back over comments about the country's government bonds made by Andrew Balls, Pimco’s chief investment officer of global fixed income risk.
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Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), the Paris transport authority, is coming to market for a 10 year green bond on Thursday.
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Danaher Corp, the US healthcare technology group, issued a €850m dual tranche bond on Monday. The latest Reverse Yankee issuer found strong demand for both tranches, resulting in minimal new issue concessions.
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Cyprus, entering an otherwise quiet market, has picked banks for a seven year euro benchmark to be sold on Tuesday.
