France
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BNP Paribas announced that its former head of the Netherlands will take on the role of UK country head, replacing Ludovic de Montille.
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This week's scorecard looks at the progress French agencies have made with their funding as we move into the fourth quarter
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In a week of firsts for the green bond market the Agence France Trésor (AFT) has outlined to GlobalCapital its plan to issue a bond next year in the hitherto untapped sovereign green bond market. Lewis McLellan and Craig McGlashan report. -
The Asian Development Bank on Thursday sold the tightest priced SSA dollar benchmark of the year, as SNCF Réseau got off to a flying start with its first ever issue in the currency.
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Société Générale returned to the green bond market this week, in the first sign that primary markets could quickly bounce back despite the noise around Deutsche Bank.
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Agence France Trésor tapped into strong pent-up demand to draw a bumper book and print its largest inflation linked benchmark since the 2008 financial crisis — despite offering just a few basis points of new issue premium.
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After a rocky beginning to the week that saw an offering from Lufthansa pulled — a rarity in the European corporate bond market — French transnational utility and service company Veolia managed to sell a total of €1.1bn in senior unsecured bonds across two tranches on Wednesday.
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The dollar market for SSAs is set to spark into life on Thursday, with one issuer lining up a debut deal in the currency and another attempting to print at the lowest spread to mid-swaps this year.
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The cheerful and businesslike mood in European equity capital markets, despite clear risks of volatility in the offing, was highlighted again today by the launch of a €2.5bn capital raising by Steinhoff, the South African retail group.
