French Sovereign
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Once the unwavering bastion of eurozone strength, stable through an otherwise turbulent year, the German government managed to unsettle the euro market this week. The collapse of the German coalition talks at the weekend forced one SSA borrower to adjust its plans on the fly and was partly blamed for two borrowers’ failure to fill their order books. Lewis McLellan reports. -
Two of the three SSA euro syndications this week found the market tough going, relying on lead managers to fill orderbooks. Some SSA bankers lay the blame, in part, on the collapse in German government coalition talks at the weekend.
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Bpifrance on Wednesday became the second euro borrower to fail this week to reach full subscription, selling a €500m deal from a book of around €425m.
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Unédic completed its funding programme for 2017 with a seven year benchmark on Tuesday, selling into a market eager for French paper. Bpifrance will look to capitalise on the same appetite after mandating for a Wednesday deal.
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Unédic has announced that it intends to sell a seven year benchmark from its unguaranteed Neu MTN programme on Tuesday, in what is likely to be the borrower’s final benchmark of the year.
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More socially responsible investment paper from public sector issuers keeps arriving on screens, but despite the deluge, borrowers are still managing super-tight spreads and selling healthily subscribed deals. And there’s still more to come.
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The City of Paris printed a sustainability bond on Thursday, shaving several basis points from the spread during execution thanks to a healthily oversubscribed book.
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The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) managed to pull its spread in by 6bp from price guidance on its six year green bond issue today, attracting a heavily oversubscribed book full of investors seemingly ready to buy at any price.
