Société Générale
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Kazakhstan entered the euro market for the first time on Monday, hitting screens with a dual tranche bond.
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Qatar may still be under a blockade set by its Gulf neighbours, but bankers are optimistic about its borrowers' prospects in the loan market just as Qatar National Bank (QNB) returns for its second deal this year, writes Mariam Meskin.
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Banks which lend to Russian companies are on tenterhooks to find out if their comatose market will shrink further if the US brings more sanctions against the country.
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The hefty chunk of SRI bond supply from the public sector in the second half of the year shows no signs of slowing down, with plenty in the pipeline — including from a debut issuer.
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The Flemish Community of Belgium will meet investors in November to showcase its new sustainability bond framework, with a trade likely to follow.
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Two Middle East credits are on screens for dollar bond, with more in the wings waiting to come to market.
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Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, a recently downgraded Spanish discount food retailer that issued a profits warning last week, saw its outstanding bonds fall further in the secondary market despite providing a glimmer of good news.
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The pricing achieved by Doosan Power Systems on its $300m capital bond is being viewed by some as “against all fundamental logic”, given the strong market technicals for high quality and shorter-dated South Korean paper.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s London branch priced its dual-tranche floating rate notes (FRNs) at the expected levels on Thursday, but issuers in the pipeline may have a hard time to pull off the same feat.
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Société Générale (SocGen) has made two senior management changes in China, expanding its business ambitions in the region.
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A three times subscribed deal by KfW this week showed that there is plenty of green demand for issuers looking to print in the format in the remainder of the year, as a fellow German agency moved forward with plans to bring a trade.