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Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production company Seplat Petroleum entered the international bond markets on Thursday seeking to raise dollar funding. As primary issuance re-starts in the CEEMEA region, Seplat is one of a few high yielding names testing the temperature. -
Verbund, the Austrian electricity company, became the first European issuer to sell a green sustainability-linked bond on Wednesday. The highly rated issuer printed 20 year debt at a razor-thin spread.
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Unédic, the French unemployment agency, had the euro SSA primary market to itself on Wednesday, allowing it to comfortably print €3bn with its second social bond benchmark of the year.
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Europe’s high grade bond market continued to pump out deals on Wednesday, with Vantage Towers raising three tranches of debt after its IPO and Japan’s Nidec selling a green trade.
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Financial issuance got underway in the euro primary market on Wednesday, with borrowers keen to bring forward ESG-labelled bonds in the first deals of the week.
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Verbund, Austria’s largest electricity provider, is in its second and final day of marketing a green and sustainability linked 20 year trade, in a closely watched deal that is expected to see insatiable demand.
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Rentenbank entered the deserted dollar bond market on Tuesday, printing $1.75bn of five year notes. The market has been quiet for public sector issuers in the past few weeks, thanks to a volatile Treasury market and an issuer base already well stocked with funding, but Rentenbank found investors receptive.
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Bilibili, a Chinese video sharing and gaming platform, has raised HK$20.2bn ($2.6bn) from its Hong Kong secondary listing, following a strong turnout from institutional investors.
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Greenko Energy Holdings took $940m from an amortising green bond on Monday, adding to the recent spurt in sustainable issuance from India.
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Norwegian borrower Storebrand was the only financial name on screen in euros on Monday as the FIG market paused after the busiest week of the year so far.
