France
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France’s Crédit Agricole was looking to sell non-preferred senior notes in yen this week, following closely behind a similar deal from its compatriot Société Générale. -
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The relief rally sparked by Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election is yet to fully evaporate and the Europe's public sector borrowers have been taking full advantage of it. Read on to see how GC BondMarker voters rated France's return to capital markets as well as the rest of the benchmarks.
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Sparebanken Sør Boligkreditt and Société Générale enjoyed solid receptions for their covered bonds this week, with the Norwegian issuer pricing flat to its curve.
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No deterioration in credit quality has taken place among corporate Schuldschein borrowers since 2008, concludes a new report from Helaba, despite the market having undergone huge expansion.
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations looks likely to be the latest public sector borrower to return to the sterling market after a long absence, after it hired banks to hold investor meetings next week.
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Euronext has announced that it will acquire FastMatch, the electronic communication network (ECN) used in the spot foreign exchange market.
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This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress French agencies have made in their funding programmes this year.
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The European Financial Stability Facility blindsided investors this week, printing €6bn of 16 year paper despite having completed its second quarter funding requirements, stretching the tolerance of its €10.8bn book in the opinion of some onlookers.
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Suez Environnement, the French water and waste company, launched a €750m capital increase this week, to partly finance its €2.55bn contribution to the takeover of GE Water, in partnership with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
