French Sovereign
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Two French borrowers and one from the Netherlands pulled off successful deals this week, proving that the market is still open for borrowers at the right price, but both investors and issuers remain nervy. -
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SNCF Réseau on Wednesday printed at the upper end of its size expectations with its second ever green bond, while the International Finance Corporation looked at the possibility of printing in the green format over the next three months.
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The socially responsible bond pipeline ballooned on Tuesday, with a European supranational announcing a roadshow for a debut issue, a French agency mandating for a deal and a Washington supranational pricing a social bond in benchmark size for the first time.
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Unédic launched a 10 year benchmark on Tuesday. The deal came in the wake of a televised debate between the French presidential candidates that appeared to restore investors’ confidence in French names, according to an SSA syndicate banker at one of the leads.
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Buoyed by relief following a Dutch election in which Eurosceptic Geert Wilders’ hopes of forming a government were dashed, public sector borrowers are flocking back to capital markets.
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A pair of public sector borrowers are set to bring socially responsible bonds this week, with one aiming at the dollar short end and the other at the long end of the euro curve.
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SNCF Réseau is set to bring its second green bond after mandating banks for a Reg S euro benchmark deal on Friday.
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Multilateral development banks will focus more on providing credit enhancement and support to help small, emerging market borrowers bring their green bonds to market, according to the head of climate change at the European Investment Bank. Meanwhile, a French region visited the green market on Tuesday.
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The European Stability Mechanism returned to stellar form this week, hitting the sweet spot for euro demand and exceeding its first quarter funding target. Bpifrance Financement will look to follow up the supranational’s success on Wednesday.
