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Finland’s Mesto has signed €800m of revolving credit facility, as the industrial machinery company builds up its cash war chest in preparation for its partial demerger.
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The European Investment Bank pulled in over $3.8bn of demand for its first 10 year dollar benchmark in over a year, despite sharing screens with the supranational’s debut €STR-linked transaction. BNG is set to follow suit at five years with a sustainability bond.
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The European Investment Bank hit screens with a $1bn no-grow global 10 year Climate Awareness Bond on Tuesday. The issuer has not printed a 10 year dollar benchmark since May 2017.
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Teekay Shuttle Tankers has mandated a $150m “green bond” to fund new oil tankers built to the firm’s “e-shuttle” standards. The deal raises questions about the logic of using green-branded debt instruments to fund fossil fuel extraction.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) failed to reach full subscription for its 15 year water bond this week, with the lead managers having to step in to help the Dutch agency raise €500m. The issuer attributed the lack of demand to the weak eurozone economic data published during book building.
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Lead managers had to step in to help Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) raise €500m with a 15 year water bond on Monday, though a banker on the deal said that there had been strong demand for the transaction from ESG investors.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development won strong demand from investors as it brought a new type of green bond to the market last Friday. The deal aims to put more focus on the need to adapt to climate change, complementing the work being carried out to mitigate its effects.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank has selected banks for a €500m 15 year no-grow water bond, in what will be its longest ever maturity for a green bond.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has mandated banks for its first ever climate resilience bond, a new type of socially responsible product that aims to bring more focus on climate adaptation, rather than mitigation. It follows the recent publication of the Climate Resilience Principles by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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Sweden’s Peab has almost doubled the size of its local currency credit facility, with the construction and civil engineering company releasing a chunk of the financing once an acquisition finalises.