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To date, it has launched fifteen sustainable bond issues (10 social and 5 green) for an amount of 7,552 million euros to finance projects that drive sustainable growth.

◆ SSAs throw etiquette out of the window in rapid start to year ◆ Banks blind-sided by sudden correction ◆ Mixed fortunes for corporate issuers

Serenity is the right reaction to a likely increase in the sovereign's borrowing

Even the prospect of the Fed cutting rates cannot combat the deep malaise and fear influencing corporate investment plans

Issuing a bond in 2024 will look very different from when many sovereigns last came to the market

Limited central bank support and an already jittery investor base mean 2024’s year of elections could be rough

Bertrand de Mazières, Director General of Finance at the European Investment Bank (EIB), retires this year after 17 years at the institution. During an august career he helped guide the bank through periods of global financial crisis and political turmoil. He was instrumental in the EIB’s evolution into a climate bank that has laid the foundations of a trillion dollar green bond market. But in a testament to the institution’s culture, what he will miss most is the people.

The ebullient market conditions as 2023 ends are unlikely to last. Issuers must be ready for liquidity to ebb abruptly

Letting the biggest issuers test the market in the first two weeks of 2024 could pay off for tiddlers

A test case for calling subordinated debt is about to be heard in the court of the capital markets

◆ Searching for an ABS 'greenium' ◆ Euro CLO pipeline building ◆ A new golfer in town?

Private placements can offer advantages to issuers that put in the work and give up the limelight