DZ Bank
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The social bond market — though still nascent — is rapidly gaining momentum. Three public sector issuers made their debuts in the market this week, all of which met with enthusiastic approval from Europe’s community of dedicated socially responsible investors. -
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Three issuers launched social bonds on the same day on Tuesday, which is likely a first for the SSA market. They raised a combined €1.5bn across five, seven and 10 years, with two of the deals managing to make dramatic moves in pricing thanks to what one banker called "superb conditions".
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The public sector market for euro paper is providing superb execution for those borrowers that still have needs in the currency — but those are few and far between.
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The European Financial Stability Facility rounded off its funding programme for the year with a pair of taps on Tuesday with a deal praised as “an impressive result”.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) announced on Monday that it would complete its 2017 funding programme with a pair of taps on Tuesday. Conditions in euros looked strong on Monday, as they allowed the Council of Auckland to pull its spread in by 7bp for its second ever euro deal.
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With asset prices inflated to levels that would have seemed impossible a few years ago, capital market participants are looking forward to the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) eventual exit from its quantitative easing (QE) programme with a mix of hope and dread, writes Lewis McLellan.
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The Joint Laender printed €1bn of 10 year paper on Tuesday, filling the book unusually quickly for a Laender deal. The deal was joined in the market by a European Union (EU) tap of an April 2031 line.
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The European Union (EU) is set to tap an April 2031 line on Wednesday, coming on the heels of KfW five year benchmark on Tuesday, that raised €3bn.
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Innogy, the German utility split off from RWE in April 2016, on Wednesday announced it would be holding investor calls about a new benchmark 10 year debut green bond issue. Later in the day, Standard & Poor’s upgraded the issuer to BBB.
