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• Romania returns after strong year of issuance

  

  Romania this week returned to the international debt markets to issue euro-denominated bonds.

  • 07 Apr 2021

• JDE Peet’s and Rewe Group tie loans to sustainability KPIs

  JDE Peet’s, the Dutch coffee and tea company, and German retail and travel cooperative Rewe Group became the latest European borrowers to move their bank lines to be priced off sustainability-linked metrics, linking the margin on a combined €3.25bn of debt to ESG KPIs.

  • 01 Apr 2021

• Nordgold latest Russian corp to yield to ESG financing trend

  Nordgold, the Russia-headquartered gold mining company, has become the latest borrower from the country to enter the green financing market after it raised an ESG-linked syndicated loan.

  • 31 Mar 2021

• Poland’s Play breathes life into CEE loan market

  Play, the Polish mobile network operator, has raised a syndicated loan from European banks, according to sources, while total volumes from central and eastern Europe’s biggest economies have been low so far this year.

  • 30 Mar 2021

• FACC negotiates covenants as airports warn on repeat waivers

  FACC, the Austrian aerospace components company, has amended the financial covenants on its syndicated loan, as large chunks of the EMEA airline sector continue to renegotiate debt tests.

  • 26 Mar 2021

• Volksbank Wien finally surfaces with debut non-pref

  Volksbank Wien sold its first non-preferred senior deal on Friday, after a week of discussions with investors. The deal benefitted from a stronger tone in the euro market as investors reacted well to the latest meeting of the European Central Bank.

  • 12 Mar 2021

• Stable rates bring Swiss flurry

  A flurry of Swiss franc issuance dusted the market this week, as domestic and foreign borrowers entered a more settled market.

  • 11 Mar 2021

• FIG primary pauses as secondary decouples

  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.

  • 10 Mar 2021

• Intesa dips through fair value for third ESG deal

  Intesa Sanpaolo saved a couple of basis points with the sale of a new senior bond from its green issuance framework on Tuesday, compared to fair value on a conventional deal. The new issue came as markets remained on edge ahead of the European Central Bank’s next meeting.

  • 09 Mar 2021

• Banks take careful issuance approach ahead of crucial ECB meeting

  FIG issuers are taking care to announce deals before opening order books this week, as they try and book their places in the market ahead of a tricky meeting for the European Central Bank on Thursday.

  • 08 Mar 2021