Natixis
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Wobbles in eurozone government bond secondaries this week failed to deter a strong showing from a pair of public sector issuers in primary on Tuesday. Unédic found strong demand and tightened from guidance on its longest dated benchmark ever, while Austria broke a series of records with a 10 year euro benchmark. -
The pace of borrowing has slackened for public sector borrowers as Easter approaches but a few are still out hunting for second quarter funding.
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Unédic and Austria have announced that they will sell euro benchmarks at the long end of the curve on Tuesday.
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The palette of socially responsible investment bonds is expanding. Two borrowers made SRI debuts this week with a social inclusion bond and a sustainability bond, while a third has announced its intention to follow suit.
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The loan package backing Ardian’s buyout of Prosol Group, the parent of French food retailer Grand Frais, is set to increase leverage at the firm to more than five-and-a-half times Ebitda, a level that one investor said was overly aggressive in the sector.
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Natixis this week named Kenneth Lee as head of its Asia Pacific DCM syndicate team.
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CVC has acquired a 25% stake in Spanish oil transportation and storage firm CLH, making it the largest shareholder in the firm.
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A pair of European borrowers debuted socially responsible investment bonds on Monday, raising a combined €1.2bn, with one able to tighten its price by several basis points.
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Just two working days after shares in “New Abengoa” began trading, the Spanish engineering and construction sector was hit on Monday by another credit risk crisis — Isolux Corsán has until July to find €400m to avoid insolvency.
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Acetow, the cigarette filter maker Blackstone is carving out of parent Solvay, has launched €630m-equivalent of loan facilities for the buyout, four months after it was announced.
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A flurry of activity in the market for socially responsible investments shows no sign of letting up, with two borrowers set to make their debut next week and two more waiting in the wings.
