Germany
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KfW picked banks on Monday for its first green bond in sterling since July 2015, as it increases the volume of its green bonds under its new framework. -
The State of North Rhine Westphalia mandated banks on Monday for a 30 year euro benchmark, ahead of a highly anticipated European Central Bank meeting later in the week, in which analysts expect the central bank to hint at a rate cut in September.
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Financial institutions have nearly already raised as much green bond funding in 2019 as they did across the whole of last year, with LBBW’s funding chief suggesting that the market is still ‘growing on both sides’ as it is seeing more investor demand and issuer interest.
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Lloyds Bank was able to increase the size of its second dollar bond issued in less than a year, but still paid a minimal new issue concession. It followed Munchener Hypothekenbank (MuHyp) which issued a highly oversubscribed and tightly priced Pfandbrief on Tuesday.
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As its profile grows, the Schuldschein market is attracting a healthy supply of new issuers. Increasingly, these come from abroad, but banks are still finding a good number of German companies to woo to the market for the first time, like DIC Asset this week.
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Acciona nabs €155m from green Schuldschein - Places for People seals €150m private placement - Germany’s Badenova sells Schuldschein - Pershing Square nabs $400m in bond private placement - Claranova debuts in euro PP market - Pension Insurance Corp puts £40m into Scottish housing association - Oman's Octal raises $625m for expansion
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LBBW extended its non-preferred senior curve with a new green bond this week, hitting lead managers' price expectations in spite of soft market conditions.
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Aroundtown, the German property developer, has raised €600m to finance the acquisition of more properties after its latest capital increase attracted significant demand from investors, despite headwinds facing the German real estate sector as a result of a looming rent cap in Berlin.
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Muenchener Hypothekenbank (MuHyp) was set to issue a $600m three year Reg S dollar Pfandbrief on Tuesday, at close to the tightest levels seen this year and with exceptionally strong demand. The stellar outcome encouraged Lloyds Bank to announce a follow-on deal of its own.
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German power company Badenova closed a four tranche Schuldschein transaction last week.
