France

◆ Crédit Mutuel sells first French covered since parliamentary election ◆ French firm goes for size over price ◆ Small premium needed for 'defensive' deal

◆ Political shift threatens Paris growing status ◆ The liberation of securitization in Europe as Macron weakened ◆ Bond issuance returns, mostly

The FIG primary market reopened this week after the conclusion of the French parliamentary election but it has emerged that not every issuer is returning to a rapturous response

Primary market opens up but for how long?

French agency returns successfully after postponing the deal last month

French biogas production services company aims to boost US expansion

'Timing was essential' in bringing a deal from the country amid ongoing political uncertainty

Issuers are ‘in the mood to wait’ until after the Olympics and until there is clarity on the next government

More issuers, possibly including French SSAs, are geared up to tap primary this week

◆ Market takes surprise election results in stride ◆ Insurance companies leading with plans to raise deeply subordinated debt ◆ Bank capital and senior deals in euros and dollars also on the cards

European IPOs on pause as France votes, and September window is extremely narrow

As Bastille Day — and the start of what is often a lull in capital markets — approaches, the fate of billions of euros of FIG and corporate bonds lies at the whim of UK and France voters