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Société du Grand Paris mandated banks on Monday to market its debut green bond. -
The name Covivio Hotels is new to the corporate bond markets, however the company behind the brand is not. Formerly known as Foncière des Murs, the hotel investment company sold its first bonds under its new name on Monday.
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Germany’s largest gas transmission system operator Vier Gas wasted no time on Monday in launching a €500m 10 year corporate bond deal it had marketed to investors last week. The demand it received justified that move.
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The French region mandated banks on Friday for its first green and social bond, which has been targeted for the long end of euro curve.
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French polling and market research firm Ipsos issued its first public corporate bond on Friday, following an investor update, but the responses the company received on the call were inconclusive.
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After a stellar public sector euro market in 2018, there were signs on several deals this week that demand has waned.
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The €6bn debt funding for AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals’ buyout has some lawyers, bookrunners and investors in the European leveraged finance markets agonising over what they describe as an exercise in private equity firms flexing their muscles.
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The European Central Bank was confident enough in the state of the European economy to confirm on Thursday that it will cut its monthly bond purchases from €30bn to €15bn from October and that it still expects to close the programme at the end of 2018. While some credit traders welcome the move, others are worried that secondary market liquidity in corporate bonds is already starting to decline, writes Nigel Owen.
