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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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Sanofi, the French pharmaceutical company, has signed €8bn of sustainability-linked syndicated loans, while Italian natural gas distribution company Ascopiave has completed its own deal using the structure.
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Iren, the Italian utility, sold a €300m green bond on Thursday, being the only name to brave the markets on the same day as the European Central Bank meeting.
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BPCE issued a transition bond this week to finance loans made by Natixis, its corporate and investment bank. The deal gave Natixis a chance to demonstrate the value of using a green weighting factor when allocating capital to new lending, as the mechanism helped the issuer select its assets and prove its own commitment to sustainability.
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France has lined up its 2021 funding programme, looking to sell some long end syndications and to return to the green bond market for its sophomore outing in the format.
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Sanofi, the French pharmaceutical company, has signed €8bn of syndicated loans, claiming to be the first large biopharma group to switch its syndicated bank lines to sustainability-linked metrics.
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Colombia’s finance ministry said on Wednesday evening that it had taken the “first step to entering the bond market for sustainable development” after Congress approved the issue of thematic bonds.
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Lessor's $717m deal shows aircraft lease ABS spreads back at pre-war levels
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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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Investors eyeing opportunities further down the AI value chain, market experts say
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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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Deal to recoup costs to pay for 2018 Woolsey fire damage
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Enpal plans its fourth issuance for later this year
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Few sub-Saharan African issuers have issued Samurai and fewer without a guarantee
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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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Market is in good shape, but will not stay that way if war drags on over summer
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Restructuring of €316m deal from 2021 is likely
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Investors are still around and issuers can get ahead of the September rush
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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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