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Compagnie de Financement Foncier (CFF) enjoyed stellar demand for its €1.25bn seven year covered bond on Monday and, despite pricing flat to its curve just a few days before the European Central Bank policy meeting and after another nuclear test from North Korea, the deal attracted extraordinary demand. -
Two Société Générale bankers have been indicted for allegedly manipulating Libor and causing $170m worth of damage to global financial markets, the American Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress French agencies have made in their funding programmes as we move away from the summer lull.
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Two holidays and September’s European Central Bank meeting will mean the next two weeks will offer short windows for issuance, but the success of the two deals that priced this week will inspire corporate bond issuers looking at the market.
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LafargeHolcim on Tuesday became the first issuer for nearly two weeks to launch a corporate bond in Europe. The €750m 12 year deal received strong demand, with order books more than three times subscribed.
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Two deals were priced this week in the European corporate bond market, and next week already looks busier. With a roadshow under way and four others coming up, the window before September’s European Central Bank meeting looks full.
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BC Partners Is buying Promontoria MCS Groupe, the French distressed loan firm and high yield borrower. The funding will refinance its floating rate notes with new bonds.
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The two new issues that were priced in the European corporate bond market this week have both tightened from their reoffer spreads. The success of these deals has accelerated the thinking of some issuers and two more roadshows were announced on Thursday.
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The European Financial Stability Facility on Wednesday sent a request for proposals for its deal window next week, with bankers saying that the supranational has a wide variety of options. The trade is likely to receive a big welcome in a hot euro market, as evidenced by an impressive Unédic trade on Wednesday — dubbed a “cracker” by bankers away from the deal — and equally strong euro deals a day earlier.
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Former French prime minister François Fillon will become a new partner at Tikehau Capital in September, a source told GlobalCapital on Wednesday, with a ‘full dedication’ job to increase the firm’s domestic business and international reputation.
