France

Warm reception for French banks in euros and other currencies shows FIG market is in positive health

Investors on the hunt for spread and yield, as market adjusts to lower interest rates

Infrastructure tipped to be a busy market for debt this year

◆ Deal more than twice covered ◆ Pricing tightens 3bp ◆ KfW expected to open supply next week

French banks' 'intrinsic creditworthiness' not hurt by Moody's downgrades ◆ Some analysts eye relative value plays

Moody's unexpectedly downgrades French credit as sovereign creeps towards single-A

◆ Subordinated debt offering unhindered by French sovereign downgrade ◆ Issuer took a strategic approach to 'allow for secondary performance' ◆ Fair value debated

Covered's tight spread to senior unsecured is a bigger problem for supply than France's politics

Bloc set to lean on auctions to help achieve next year's borrowing task

◆ French government collapse scrambles bond market ◆ What next for French corporate, FIG, covered bond and public sector bond issuers? ◆ ECB Trials on distributed ledger technology: the verdict

Issuers face paying higher new issue concessions in January

Programmatic French funders cannot afford to wait for stabilité