Top section
Top section
IFC’s first synthetic securitization powers up EM trade finance
Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
Tej Singh leaves firm suddenly
Burst of Nordic FIG senior issuance compensates for this year's lower euro volume
Deals price tightly to Western European peers, with high-spread Icelandic banks performing the most
ING goes green with 12NC7 tier two
◆ ING brings its first euro capital trade of 2026 ◆ Fair value debated ◆ ING's and Intesa's tier two deals were "not a competition"
Tej Singh leaves firm suddenly
Sub-sections
-
Germany received overwhelming support for its debut green bond on Wednesday, which was sold via syndication and twinned with a conventional Bund of the same maturity and coupon in what it is a brand new structure for issuing green debt.
-
Royal Schiphol, the Dutch airport, brought a dual tranche conventional and green trade with a small to flat new issue premium on Tuesday, as even issuers in sectors worst hit by the pandemic show it’s possible to garner more investor interest by linking their debt to environmentally conscious uses.
-
Two senior officials who have been central to the European Investment Bank’s transition to greener lending and rebranding as the EU’s ‘climate bank’ are leaving, prompting a reshuffle of the management committee.
-
Germany’s long promised green debut is set to come to market this week in what is turning out to be a hectic one for the green bond market.
-
Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) is setting up a social bond programme to help finance an increasing deficit in France’s social security system.
-
Sweden’s long gestating green bond debut came to fruition this week as the sovereign scooped Skr20bn ($2.3bn) at a discount to its conventional curve.
-
The US bank is showing its global credentials at a time of increased transatlantic tensions but European banks are equal to the challenge
-
FIG issuers have shown that investors are ready to absorb all the supply that comes their way
-
Investor tells GlobalCapital it liked the portfolio’s diversity, data depth and sustainability impact
-
Bank’s €1bn transaction is most granular so far and found new buyers
-
World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes
-
Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
-
New law expected to accelerate the dominance of professional landlords
-
Trade backed by lease, power purchase agreements as sector navigates regulatory changes
-
Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months
-
The DRC has a poor governance record but that doesn't mean things will end in tears for its investors
-
Demand allowed the bank to cut the yield by 35bp
-
The country offers huge potential and possible pitfalls for investors
-
Lower rates will need lower inflation — and an FOMC consensus
-
Leveraged loan prices have rallied from their post-war dip, with CLO demand remaining strong despite subdued LBO activity
-
Gulf AT1 deluge will be a challenge, with or without drone strikes
-
US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions
-
The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East
-
Redwood will be a repeat issuer
-
Sponsored by Crédit Agricole CIB
Syndicated Loan Awards 2025: Crédit Agricole CIB: Driving France’s loan market and ESG transition
-
Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
-
-
Sponsored by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
CAF gearing up to transform regional development