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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) will introduce its new green, social and sustainability bond framework to investors ahead of a debut euro benchmark sustainability bond. -
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China Lesso Group Holdings, a manufacturer of home building materials, is preparing to refinance two loans with 2020 maturities, inviting existing lenders to join the mandated lead arranger and bookrunner group.
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Export Development Canada sold its second Sonia-linked floating rate note on Friday, which extends the issuer’s curve linked to the reference rate to 2024.
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The market welcomed a dose of investment grade rated corporate and financial supply on Thursday. State-owned enterprise (SOE) Shougang Group saw its bond rally in the aftermarket, while onshore brokerage Huatai Securities and China Ping An Insurance Overseas also managed to price deals tightly.
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The dollar corporate bond market showed its resilience this week as issuance rebounded, despite the US-China trade turmoil. “Trump, Trump, Trump,” was how one syndicate manager explained the reasons for the return of volatility as high grade credit markets see-sawed with the President’s mood swings.
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Gilts are profiting from safe-haven flows, said Robert Stheeman, chief executive of the UK Debt Management Office (DMO), which, this week, sold its first syndicated note of the 2019/20 funding year — a 6.5 times subscribed issue.
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Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) brought the world’s first benchmark green corporate sukuk to market last week. Chief executive Alain Bejjani said the format had helped the leads price the deal tighter and that they would return to the green market.
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Germany’s Stadtwerke München has amended its €500m revolving credit facility to add a sustainability element, as the nascent loan structure starts making further inroads with the country's borrowers.
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A trio of French companies moved ahead with Schuldschein deals this week, and bankers expect the coming weeks to be packed with borrowers seeking to raise funds before the summer.
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The latest chapter in the US-China trade war resulted in some serious market turmoil this month. But Hong Kong seems to have avoided the worst of the volatility: the city’s stock exchange approved four applications and each issuer has hit the road. Will investors bite? Gina Lee and Jonathan Breen report.
