France

◆ British Columbia and Paris print 15 years ◆ Ico tests tight spread versus Spanish govvie ◆ IDA brings rare euro five year

◆ Combined demand closes at €2.9bn ◆ Little to no premium needed for either leg ◆ More size taken at the long end despite smaller book

◆ Caffil aims for 12 years, LBBW goes for 10 ◆ Pair of €500m deals attract almost €5bn of combined demand ◆ Single digit concessions offered

◆ Big books and 0bp to 2bp concession for Orange ◆ US-China trade agreement buoys markets ◆ Premiums tipped to rise

◆ European and US growth figures released during bookbuilding ◆ Demand proves decent for EDF ◆ Worries bubble up that market is not pricing in risk properly

◆ €5bn of green tap executed quickly ◆ Syndications over for 2025 ◆ Strong green demand confirmed

Spreads over Treasuries are tight but hope is that ‘others will follow’

Belgian family company is buying Délifrance and a business from Bunge

◆ French bank finds window between market reopening and potential heightened new supply next week ◆ Five and 10 year senior preferred tranches its first in euros this year ◆ Longer one outperforms in both demand and pricing

Issuer finishes raising €4bn for this year after 'very different execution', with more — maybe longer — supply to come

◆ Larger new issue premiums required ◆ 6bp tighter than Bpifrance ◆ Size set at €2bn

◆ Level set at fair value, price not tightened ◆ French agency follows on in same maturity ◆ Books of under €1bn