French Sovereign
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations has returned to the Samurai market with what the issuer and leads said was the lowest ever coupon in the format. -
A cavalcade of “familiar names” have come to the market over the last week. SSAs, corporates and FIG issuers printed across the euro curve, while a trio of supranationals were also active in emerging market currencies.
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Agence Française de Développement (AFD)’s annual borrowing programme is expected to rise sharply in the coming years as a result of increased lending to developing countries.
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Voltalia, the French renewable power producer, has launched a €376m rights issue to finance increased capacity, and has won a new investor in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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Investors poured into Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD)’s 10 year euro benchmark on Tuesday, allowing the French agency to issue its largest ever trade in the currency.
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Agence Francaise de Développement was the only public sector borrower to mandate banks for a new benchmark bond on Monday, as squeezed yields cause issuers to hold off from the primary market.
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Issuance in Swedish kronor picked up this week, with three corporate issuers placing Skr6.28bn ($667.9m) across four private placements, as issuers looked to get in ahead of the midsummer break. In euros, a Dutch and French agency both placed paper, while protests in Hong Kong caused yields to spike in offshore Chinese renminbi and Hong Kong dollars.
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A pair of French agencies hit screens with new SRI notes this week. On Wednesday, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations came to market with its debut sustainable bond, the first under a new green, social and sustainable framework. And on Thursday, Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens steamed in with its second ever green bond.
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) on Tuesday came to market with its debut sustainable bond, the first under its new green, social and sustainable framework.
