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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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  • The European Financial Stability Facility made a quick and impressive visit to the euro market on Monday, concluding its funding needs for the year, ahead of the European Union’s second outing under its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme, which is expected to be priced on Tuesday.
  • Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has swapped its €2bn bank line with a sustainability-linked facility, with the deal defining the borrower’s core banking group.
  • FIG
    OP Mortgage Bank is set to become the first bank in Finland to issue a covered bond secured on energy efficient mortgages after announcing a green covered bond framework. The prospective deal follows a growing crowd and comes after a string of debut covered bonds with an environmental, social or governance theme issued this year.
  • Chile published its first sustainable bond framework on Wednesday, saying it wanted to build on the last year’s green bond issues to further diversify its investor base.
  • The coronavirus pandemic has forced the hands of many corporate treasurers to radically alter their business strategies. This will likely have an impact on companies' abilities to meet targets on their sustainability-linked facilities, some bankers believe. Silas Brown reports
  • Notes in an infrastructure securitization programme called Viveracqua Hydrobond have been placed with a private sector buyer, Kommunalkredit Austria, for the first time, in a major step forward for an unusual asset class.