NatWest Markets
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond market had a more relaxed pace on Thursday, though two issuers brought seven year green bonds: Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato and Neste, the unrated Finnish oil refiner which is transitioning to produce biofuels. -
High grade corporate bond investors were given the choice between a green trade from Finnish paper company UPM-Kymmene Corp and a conventional trade from UK cigarette maker Imperial Brands on Monday, with some investors passing up on the cigarette company on ESG grounds.
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BPCE returned to the public sterling market after a year away this week to issue the first offshore financial bond in about a fortnight.
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A flurry of Swiss franc issuance dusted the market this week, as domestic and foreign borrowers entered a more settled market.
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The European Union finally arrived with its second Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) transaction of the year on Tuesday, two weeks after it sent banks a request for proposals (RFP).
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NRW.Bank will be the next public sector borrower to hit the sterling market following an improved funding cost in the currency versus euros and dollars.
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The Bank of Montreal marked International Women’s Day with a Canadian dollar women in business bond this week — its first domestic issue off its sustainability framework.
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WH Smith, the UK high street retailer, has extended its bank term credit lines and cancelled a crisis liquidity facility, as the borrower posted better than expected trading figures since the start of the year.
