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Voltalia, the French renewable power producer, has launched a €376m rights issue to finance increased capacity, and has won a new investor in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). -
Europe's investment grade corporate bond market began the week with a hefty pack of new bond issues, as issuers were spurred on to bring deals by last week's rally and the favourable performance of past prints.
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Ghana Cocoa Board, the central organisation for Ghana's cocoa industry, is in the process of raising $1.3bn to refinance existing debt.
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China Everbright Bank has become the latest Chinese lender to tap the offshore market for floating rate notes (FRN), raising $500m at an aggressive level on Monday.
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Renault issued a €1bn bond from its industrial arm on Monday, after a tumultuous few weeks in which the company had negotiated a (for now) abandoned merger offer from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The deal came amid a busy flurry of smaller issues.
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With equities in green, Thursday was a fair sailing day for corporate bond issues in Europe, and five issuers took advantage, including two French names and two Swedish. Demand was strong and terms tight.
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A pair of French agencies hit screens with new SRI notes this week. On Wednesday, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations came to market with its debut sustainable bond, the first under a new green, social and sustainable framework. And on Thursday, Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens steamed in with its second ever green bond.
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Ford Motor Credit and Aéroports de Paris issued investment grade corporate bonds in Europe on Tuesday, while Spie joined them with an IG-style but high yield-rated deal.
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) on Tuesday came to market with its debut sustainable bond, the first under its new green, social and sustainable framework.
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A unit of China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) has returned to the loan market for a two-tranche borrowing of €550m.
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Investors proved their appetite for corporate bonds this week by gobbling €5bn of them on a single day, as Publicis Groupe and BMW issued jumbo deals on a second consecutive day of heavy issuance in Europe.
