Europe
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French IPOs dried up last year as the Covid-19 pandemic derailed companies' plans to go public. This year is likely to be different. -
Sponsored Raiffeisen Bank InternationalRaiffeisen Bank International’s clients are increasingly looking to achieve more sustainable, fairer and more transparent ways of doing business. In this context, RBI maintains a comprehensive dialogue with an ever-increasing pool of clients on sustainable finance, e.g. bonds, loans and Schuldscheine. We focus our attention not only on “green”, but also cover sustainability-linked instruments, a rapidly growing area in the sustainable finance universe.
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The combination of Deutsche Hypo into NordLB has failed to cause much of a stir in the covered bond market as, even though the merged cover pools will be very different, spreads between their Pfandbrief curves have little room for manoeuvre.
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State of North Rhine-Westphalia’s third and biggest century bond built an impressive order book in terms of size and number of accounts from a diverse range of investors this week, proving this niche part of the curve is increasingly popular with buyers.
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Several prominent Schuldschein arrangers believe the market must stop setting Euribor floors at 0% this year if it is to lure international borrowers back from the bond markets. If SSD arrangers can persuade investors to settle for lower minimums, corporate treasurers may find the SSD market a compelling alternative to bond markets once more, writes Silas Brown.
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HSBC’s aims to boost market share in investment banking and rebalance towards Asia remain intact despite the resignation of one of its most senior lieutenants. But 2021 must be about execution, writes David Rothnie.
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Invesco has sold the last of its stake in IP Group, the investment company focused on the commercialisation of university-developed intellectual property, through an accelerated bookbuild on Wednesday night.
