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Financial institutions are printing more ESG bonds in euros

Green bonds' share of total FIG euro issuance is higher than in the previous three years
◆ French real estate group prints seven year bond ◆ Covivio skips guidance and tightens spread sharply ◆ Investor selectivity returns as orders fall

Aktor’s €650m capital increase attracts strong bid at lower end of range

Books multiple times covered as company seeks money for energy investments

Italy's Ferrovie increases sustainability-linked RCF by €1bn

Facility now €4.5bn but increase does not extend maturity date
◆ French real estate group prints seven year bond ◆ Covivio skips guidance and tightens spread sharply ◆ Investor selectivity returns as orders fall
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  • Chile is looking to debut its social bond framework in the euro market this week with a 20 or 30 year benchmark. The deal will be accompanied by a re-opening of its 0.83% green bonds maturing in July 2031.
  • German software company TeamViewer launched an inaugural Schuldschein deal on Monday, with margins linked to its ESG performance. Five new borrowers have entered the Schuldschein market so far this year, almost half as many as appeared throughout the whole of 2020.
  • The European Union has sent banks a request for proposals for its first bond of the year under its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme.
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    Market participants believe 2021 could be the year when social bonds become established as a more thriving and coherent market, after the breakthrough in volume during 2020, when issuance was swelled by the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Four heavily oversubscribed Latin American new issues fetched tight pricing on Thursday, dispelling the unease felt at the week’s start and putting the region firmly on track to fulfil the predictions of record primary volumes for a January.
  • Colombia tapped international bond markets for the first time since June this week. But it is the country's domestic bond market — which is 25% owned by foreign investors — that could be in for a particularly notable year, with the sovereign set to turn to pesos for its debut green bond in July. It is also laying the ground for a social bond and a government bond ETF.