Société Générale
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Milanese pharmaceutical firm Recordati was out with its CVC buyout funding this week — a €1.3bn bond, in a European high yield market that has mostly ignored Italy’s political fights. But on Thursday, volatility went global and investors started pressing for concessions. Recordati went ahead regardless, and priced on guidance. -
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Ireland this week added its name to the growing list of sovereign green bond issuers, achieving one of its main goals as it diversified its investor base. A debut French agency issuer joined the sovereign on Wednesday, printing its first ever deal — which also came from the first ever Green Euro Medium Term Note programme.
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Masdar, a Middle Eastern renewable energy company headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, has launched the region’s first green revolving credit facility, in a bid to fulfil sustainability goals and investments into clean technology.
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One of Europe’s major electricity producers, Portugal’s EDP, sold its first green bond on Tuesday, aligning its fundraising with the company’s green principles. Meanwhile, Dutch airport owner and operator Royal Schiphol Group announced plans for its debut green bond. Both followed French vehicle leasing company ALD’s inaugural green bond.
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Agence Française de Développement got over the line with a 16 year euro benchmark on Thursday, but was unable to tighten the spread from guidance and paid a new issue premium of around 5bp.
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CPI Property Group, which owns real estate in Berlin and Central and Eastern Europe, printed a €600m 3.5 year senior bond on Wednesday, riding high on the back of a recent ratings upgrade to consolidate and refinance its debt. After a successful trade, CPI’s chief financial officer, ex-Deutsche Bank CEEMEA banker David Greenbaum, is setting his sights on Swiss francs and Pro-Bonds.
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Société Générale has made two appointments in its corporate banking teams; one in London, one in Paris.
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A pair of debut green bond borrowers made blistering entries to the market on Wednesday. Ireland added its name to the growing list of sovereign green issuers with what on-looking bankers said was a “blowout”, while Société du Grand Paris (SGP) printed at the very top of its size expectations on what was also its debut bond issue of any kind.
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Agence Française de Développement mandated banks on Wednesday for a 15 year euro benchmark amid rising investor appetite in that part of the curve.
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Shurgard Self Storage, a European operator of self-storage facilities, has revised the price range for its €575m IPO on Euronext Brussels and is covered throughout the new range, despite a difficult market where several deals have been pulled and others have traded down in the aftermarket.
