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The European Investment Bank this week celebrated the 10th anniversary of its printing of the first ever green bond with the longest dated deal in the format from a supranational or agency — and at double its initial size target. The trade is also a further indication that green bonds can trade tighter in secondary than conventional paper. -
Public sector bankers have backed claims by Greece’s finance minister that the country could return to the capital markets this year “with or without QE”. The fact that another periphery sovereign, Spain, was able to print a stellar trade on Tuesday despite comments by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi sending markets in a tizzy about the possible end of QE further bolstered the statement, bankers added. Craig McGlashan reports.
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Ireland has printed just shy of the 50 year part of the euro curve using a pair of private placements, a market it has used with increasing frequency over the last year.
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The drive to get companies to face up to the risk of climate change is gathering momentum. Firms with a combined market capitalisation of about $3.5tr have committed to support the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which published its final report on Thursday.
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A €179.4m loan to support Chinese company Aier Eye Hospital Group’s acquisition of Spanish firm Clinica Baviera has entered syndication with three banks at the helm. The deal is another example of Mainland firms’ eagerness to expand overseas, which is in turn giving the country’s lenders with similar ambitions a leg-up as they venture into relatively unexplored markets. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.
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Agence Française de Développement has passed its first capital markets test since asking for permission to change its banking licence, raising €1bn with a 15 year deal on Wednesday. The choice of tenor may have helped alleviate any immediate problems over its status switch, said a person close to the deal.
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A busy Tuesday for dollar supply in Asia DCM is continuing unabated with a handful of launches and mandates, including one in euros, announced on Wednesday.
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Euro conditions are excellent for public sector borrowers, with Spain pulling in a nearly €30bn book for an €8bn 10 year — which bankers away from the trade said indicated a high presence of quality investors — and KfW raising €5bn after picking a seven year deal over a shorter tenor. Another pair of issuers are now looking to take advantage.
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Greece’s bond yields tumbled to their lowest levels in years after Moody’s upgraded the sovereign last week, and talk of a second market comeback is of the more optimistic kind than just a few months ago. But Greece’s government — which wants to return to bond issuance this year — and its creditors would do well to remember that we’ve been here before. As always, Greece will never enjoy a full market presence without some real debt relief.
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The euro market for public sector borrowers looks set to kick back into action after a quiet last week, with a pair of big borrowers mandating for trades to come on Tuesday.
