French Sovereign
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The operational merger of Cades and Agence France Trésor will be completed by the end of 2018, with a full integration of staff from both agencies. -
This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress French agencies have made in their funding programmes in the middle of the third quarter.
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Société du Grand Paris, a French agency that plans to sell its debut bond issue later this year, has launched the first ever Green Euro Medium Term Note programme — a move that bankers and experts said could bring a range of benefits to the issuer and the wider SRI market.
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A public sector borrower that plans to debut in the bond markets this year has taken the novel step of making its Euro Medium Term Note programme green.
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Natixis will soon embark on an experiment that may be the first of its kind — introducing a green weighting factor to its internal economic capital model, to tilt incentives for its bankers in favour of green loans and away from ‘brown’ ones.
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A slew of deals hit screens in sterling this week, allowing SSA borrowers from three continents to pick up a combined £1.175bn ($1.55bn) in funding — including one borrower’s largest-ever deal in the currency.
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France plans to forge ahead with tapping its debut Green OAT rather than introducing new SRI lines, despite some investors calling for a shorter dated alternative. Craig McGlashan and Lewis McLellan report.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency borrowers were out in force this week, but the second busiest week of the year for euro funding was notable for the lack of price tension on many deals.
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Public sector issuers have streamed back into the primary market in euros after being kept away by weeks of volatility. This week is already the second busiest of the year for the sector, but investors are starting to focus on where interest rates are headed.
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France sold its first syndicated tap on Tuesday, adding €4bn to its GrOAT line. The sovereign will be followed in the green market by a Danish agency's sophomore offering.
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France is set to revisit the SRI market, announcing a syndicated tap of its June 2039 Green OAT, or GrOAT. The deal will follow a German agency's annual green bond.
