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‘Extremely busy’ August restart in store for SSA market
'Dead quiet' few weeks will benefit issuers as excess bonds need absorption before issuance starts to ‘fire on all cylinders’ from August 17
Green investors buy when everyone else stops, giving issuers one last pricing lever — perhaps to cross a line none of them wants to reach
EM bond surge in September at risk if new burst of war reignites inflation
Market is in good shape, but will not stay that way if war drags on over summer
Brookfield asks to defer interest on German multifamily CMBS
Restructuring of €316m deal from 2021 is likely
Green investors buy when everyone else stops, giving issuers one last pricing lever — perhaps to cross a line none of them wants to reach
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New high yield issues announced on Monday offered investors both ends of the environmental spectrum — a green deal for Spanish property developer Via Celere, or a refinancing for oilfield services firm CGG. Real estate group Foncia sits somewhere in between, with a deal funding a dividend to Partners Group. -
Agence France Trésor (AFT), the French sovereign debt office, mandated banks on Monday to lead the sale of the sovereign’s second green OAT, returning to the market for the first time since its debut in 2017.
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The euro market burst into life with new FIG deals on Monday, as borrowers reacted to supportive comments from the European Central Bank last week. Bankers now expect plenty of supply to fill out the pre-Easter pipeline.
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Paragon Banking Group is looking to issue a new debt capital instrument in green format, while at the same time offering holders of its existing tier twos a chance to exchange their bonds for cash.
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Berlin Hyp mandated leads for a rare green Pfandbrief on Monday. The deal has emerged amid a dearth of covered bond supply so far this year and takes advantage of a recent stabilisation in yields at higher levels.
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Cadent Gas, the UK’s largest gas distribution network, issued its second transition bond today. The €625m bond came into a tricky market and was not as wildly oversubscribed as the first issue a year ago, but confirmed that ESG investors buy into the company’s argument that ‘green gas’ will play a role in meeting the UK’s future energy needs.
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Spreads widen after string of surprise jumbo tech trades
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Alphabet, Amazon and Oracle may give bond market a rest
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Musk's firm joins bumper dollar club and bankers hope other markets could follow
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Market's bellwether forges ahead as pipeline builds
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IPO documents reveal data center portfolio purchase
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Break-up with Fitch over downgrade has not put off investors
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Strong appetite from international banks for first gigascale 24/7 solar plant
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Eighteen year facility backed by EIFO comes as interest in energy infrastructure mounts
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Supra bond shows size is available in Swiss francs for digital deals
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Tighter margin loan a 'sign of things to come' for infrastructure lending
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UK government can find direction by being determined on defence and green growth
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Investors are still around and issuers can get ahead of the September rush
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The French Budget in October and US mid-term elections in November could be times for covered bond issuers to avoid
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Asset-based finance exposes investors to counterparty decisions on asset selection, collateral arrangements and servicing
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US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions
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The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East
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Redwood will be a repeat issuer
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Sponsored by Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Bond Awards 2026: Most Impressive Issuer in Africa — Republic of Cote d’Ivoire / Most Impressive Funding Official in Africa — Lancine Diaby
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Sponsored by Crédit Agricole CIB
Syndicated Loan Awards 2025: Crédit Agricole CIB: Driving France’s loan market and ESG transition
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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
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