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The Netherlands’ Tennet Holding has increased the size of its bank revolving credit facility to €3bn and linked the margin to sustainability goals, in a deal the electricity transmission system operator says is the largest sustainability-linked revolver in the Benelux region.
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Issuers in the financial institutions bond market do not want to see the chance for cheap funding slip, so more are lining up deals. On Monday, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) mandated leads for a preferred senior bond in euros, and UK insurer Utmost International said it was aiming for an senior unsecured bond in sterling. -
Royal Bank of Scotland launched its debut social bond on Friday, attracting over €2bn of orders for its €750m offering. The trade benefited from a favourable backdrop in the primary market and an increased appetite for UK credit caused by a scarcity of issuance from the country this year.
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Baring Private Equity Asia is seeking a $265m loan to support its acquisition of India’s CitiusTech.
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Standard Chartered sang the praises of the Reg S only dollar market this week, after building a chunky order book behind its first tier two in the format in seven years. The deal kick-starts a busy period of capital issuance for the UK bank.
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Investors staged a protest over pricing in the non-preferred senior bond market this week, causing one transaction to fail and putting two others at risk of falling flat. Comfortable with their returns for 2019 and happy to be able to choose from a glut of new bond offerings, funds have simply been happy to divert their attention elsewhere. Tyler Davies reports.
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The Netherlands’ Stedin Holding, a holding company for electricity and gas grids, issued its debut green bond on Thursday, pricing it through its curve.
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ING has appointed Martjin Bruins as global lead of its structured acquisition finance unit, alongside his existing role as head of the unit in London for origination.
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BBVA and DNB Bank were both looking to build towards their minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) in the euro market on Thursday, eschewing non-preferred senior issuance in favour of the cheaper preferred senior format.
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Santander Consumer Finance (SCF) had plenty of momentum in its order book as it looked to extend its maturity curve in the preferred senior bond market on Wednesday.
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The first tier two from Spain’s Unicaja Banco was more than three times subscribed this week after it entered a strong new issue market. It appeared alongside ING, which paid a slim 5bp premium to print a deal in the same asset class.
