France
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Carbios, the French sustainable plastics company, has unveiled plans for a €105m capital raising to finance the next stage of its growth, with the backing of major shareholders. -
Emmanuel Regniez has left his position as head of France investment banking and coverage at Citi to take up a co-head role at Bank of America, as the latter beefs up its presence in the country.
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Bpifrance is looking to become a regular issuer of green bonds, following its debut deal in the format this week.
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Equity investors lined up for a slice of shares in Euronext on Thursday night, in a €213.7m block trade by two shareholders selling down their stakes before the company’s €1.8bn rights issue.
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Bpifrance achieved a solid result as it sold its first green bond on Thursday, which came alongside another green bond from a compatriot issuer.
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Muenchener Hypothekenbank (MuHyp) priced the tightest ultra-long dated Pfandbrief in 18 years this week, setting the record a day after Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB) priced the tightest covered bond of the year and the tightest Pfandbrief since late 2018.
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Euronext, the European stock exchange operator, has launched its long-awaited €1.8bn rights issue to part-fund its acquisition of Borsa Italiana Group from the London Stock Exchange Group.
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There is a golden opportunity for banks to set a precedent by issuing sustainability-linked bonds across the capital stack, rather than waiting for regulators to finish fretting over the guidance.
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TechnipFMC has completed the first placing of Technip Energies stock since its spinoff on the Paris bourse in February, boosting the freefloat of the company.
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Neoen, the French renewable energy company, completed a €600m rights issue at the start of April to help fund it until 2025. Its CFO, Louis-Mathieu Perrin, spoke to GlobalCapital about the deal and explained how green equity stories can still win investors’ attention, despite a recent cooling off in stock valuations.
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HSBC has appointed Jean-Manuel Richier as co-head of global banking and head of investment banking in continental Europe after the previous holder of the position, Hubert Preschez, left for M&A boutique Messier and Associés.
