France

SNCF Réseau printed its first ever green bond on Thursday, becoming the first Eurozone railway company to sell a green bond. It was joined in the socially responsible investment market by a vaccine bond from IFFIm.

SNCF Réseau, the French rail provider, made its green bond debut on Thursday, becoming the first railway agency in the eurozone to access the green market.

French private care home operator DomusVi on Monday joined a busy high yield pipeline with a new floater and an add-on to its debut bond to fund its second acquisition in Spain.

A trio of issuers on Wednesday were able to tighten pricing or print above their minimum targets — or both — in another strong day for the dollar market.

SNCF Réseau will issue the first green bond ever from a European transport company on Thursday.

Sociéte Générale has created a China desk in Paris to cover Chinese corporates in France and provide services ranging from acquisition financing to capital markets.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is set to test the five year part of the dollar curve — a tenor not attempted by many issuers over the last few weeks — as a French issuer opted for the tried and tested three year maturity and a German agency was able to increase a deal at that tenor from its target size.

Corporate bond investors had it well flagged to them that French dairy goods producer Danone would bring its jumbo five tranche offering this week, but it sparked excitement all the same when it arrived.

Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) was quick to take advantage of strong conditions in the tier two market on Tuesday, following quickly behind Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken’s tightly priced trade to launch its second 10 year bullet of the year.

Crédit Agricole's rare €500m 10 year public sector Obligations Foncieres was priced at the tightest spread for a French covered bond in more than a year and it was the most highly subscribed in more than 18 months.

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Two french firms, digital services specialist Econocom Group and research company Ipsos, have both launched Schuldscheine this week with initial sizes of €125m that can be increased.