NatWest Markets
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Bunzl, the distribution and services company, topped off a strong few days by printing a £400m from bulging order books a week after announcing growth in its third quarter trading statement. -
Michelin, the French tyre maker, has signed a €2.5bn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with a three year maturity, as loans bankers say the market has become more nuanced towards maturities since the onset of Covid-19 made many of them tighten terms.
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The European Stability Mechanism wasted no time in getting its final trade of the year done on Monday ahead of the European Union’s highly anticipated debut syndicated bond under its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme.
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It was a moderate week for supply in the primary euro public sector bond market but the issuers that did come found ample demand, setting up a decent backdrop for the expected arrival of the European Union’s big borrowing programme next week.
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank made a huge statement with its first sterling bond this week, achieving an impressive size at a tight price with participation from a wide pool of accounts, in what is another significant step for the borrower as it continues its road towards a frequent and diversified presence in the capital markets.
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank achieved a strong result as it made its debut in the sterling bond market on Wednesday, making it the second currency in which the Beijing-based supranational has issued a benchmark transaction.
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KfW and Ville de Paris grabbed the attention of investors at the opposite ends of the euro curve on Tuesday in what has been a thin week for issuance in the currency by public sector borrowers ahead of the expected arrival of the EU’s first syndicated bond under its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme next week.
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Enel, the Italian power and gas company, is set to push the nascent sustainability-linked bond market to a new currency this week after the company mandated for the first deal in the format in sterling.
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Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW), the Germany electricity company, opened books on its €500m no-grow 10 year on Monday, almost a week after the issuer started marketing the trade, which it took as an opportunity to update investors on its sustainability ambitions.
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced on Friday that it will come to market for a sterling sustainable development bond.
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Tesco, the UK grocer, has refinanced its sterling facility with a £2.5bn sustainability-linked deal that uses risk-free rates as a benchmark, as companies try to get to grips with the end of Libor.
