France
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After a day of caution on Wednesday, when some issuers held back from the primary market after spates of volatility last week, unrated Air France-KLM timed its €400m deal right, showing that investors will still play for yield in higher risk names. -
Just a week after its first dollar denominated benchmark, SNCF Réseau has announced that it will issue its first green bond.
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BNP Paribas reshuffled some of the most senior executives at its corporate and institutional bank as it looks to boost cooperation between the business and its risk management division.
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France’s sustainable and responsible investor base is notably more developed than those in many other leading economies. The country’s government is preparing to launch its first green bond. But the biggest change will come as French asset owners implement the new Article 173 law on disclosing their climate exposure, reports Julian Lewis.
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Société Anonyme de Gestion de Stocks de Sécurité (Sagess) has picked four banks to arrange an investor roadshow for a euro bond, its first to be eligible for purchase by the European Central Bank.
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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.
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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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