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Maire grows sustainability-linked Schuldschein to €300m

Italian energy engineering company exercises option to borrow further €115m
Business may wind down this month, if it is not rescued

EnBW brings first ECA-backed loan for German transmission sector

Eighteen year facility backed by EIFO comes as interest in energy infrastructure mounts

Moody's warns investors to pick strong sponsors for flexible ABF deals

Asset-based finance exposes investors to counterparty decisions on asset selection, collateral arrangements and servicing
Business may wind down this month, if it is not rescued
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  • Ceconomy, a German consumer electronics company, has signed a €1.06bn revolver linked to sustainability metrics, becoming the latest corporate to repay state support loans taken out during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Four Latin America and Caribbean companies sold new issues in the dollar market at very tight looking levels on Thursday, as investors continue to feel pressure to put to cash to work amid extremely high liquidity.
  • KB Kookmin Card raised $300m from its debut in the offshore dollar bond market this week, using a sustainability-labelled deal to add further momentum to the asset class.
  • Green bonds took centre stage in the US corporate bond market this week, as issuance began to mount again after the recess for earnings blackouts. No less than three deals paired green and conventional tranches.
  • Green covered bonds no longer have to be reinvented in the face of rising sustainability-linked issuance because banks are now safe in the knowledge that they comply with the EU’s Taxonomy of Sustainable Activities.
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    Sustainability-linked bonds are the hot capital markets product of 2021, and are developing so fast that even specialists in the field find it hard to keep up with the pace. The market has benefited from the very early definition of guiding principles last year but, writes Jon Hay, big questions remain about what the instrument is for and how it should be governed.