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GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2026: Voting now open
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I don’t need to work, but I’m tempted to go back
Eurofima, BNG and NZ agency bring life back to SSA market
BNG deal 'most exciting' while Eurofima will test long-dated demand
UPDATE: ABN Amro returns to euro market with 'defensive' EuGB senior note
◆ Defensive structure for nervous market ◆ Largest book on a busy day for FIG issuance ◆ ABN keeps position of leading bank EuGB issuer
I don’t need to work, but I’m tempted to go back
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◆ Proceeds used to fund buyout of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa ◆ Colonial adds €500m green deal ◆ SIG and Henkel brave an ‘unusual’ Friday window
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The winning deals, banks, issuers and market participants were revealed at a gala dinner at The Nobu in London.
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Explicitly guaranteed Dutch utility company expected to trade tighter against govvie and agency peers
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◆ Issuer outmaneuvers worsening market to meet funding targets ◆ Trade leaves premium to compensate for heightened volatility ◆ Spread is BoI's tightest senior funding since 2021
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◆ World Bank's first benchmark public deal this year ◆ Sterling floater 'the right product' for issuer and investors ◆ Other borrowers eye windows in new quarter
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This week in Keeping Tabs: the former governor of the Bank of England on value and values, The New Republic on law and value, reminiscing about the last crisis, and a pub snack en vogue.
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The European Parliament and Council have agreed rules that will set the stage for securitization to play a role in helping European banks dig their way out of an impending surge in defaulted loans. The Parliament has added sustainability criteria to the final amendments.
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The sustainable finance market clamoured for a Taxonomy to tell it what was green. Now it’s here, many are finding the answers constraining or simplistic. Alarmingly, the Taxonomy is also perpetuating the very thing it was supposed to root out — greenwashing.
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The European Union’s Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, the cornerstone of its action on sustainable finance, looks set to bless several technologies such as biofuels and hydroelectric power that are not just environmentally questionable but actively harmful, as a result of lobbying by vested interests.
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Flutter Entertainment, the parent of bookies Paddy Power and Betfair, has returned to the equity capital markets with a £1.1bn share sale to finance its acquisition of a stake in FanDuel Group, the New York-based fantasy sports and online casino company.
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Three of the biggest asset managers, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, are still voting against most shareholder motions on climate change, human rights and other sustainability issues, despite their insistence that they take environmental and social matters seriously. Often their ‘no’ votes are decisive in blocking resolutions — even though most are only asking for better disclosure.
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Higher prices and concessions mean many issuers will wait for better days
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Trade the first corporate deal in CEEMEA since the war in the Middle East began
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Fondo Mivivienda restarts issuance, but is not the best read across for most LatAm issuers
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Angola earns praise for its $2.5bn reopener on Tuesday
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A very rare sovereign issuer from CEE is preparing a new bond ahead of a maturity
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Dutch agency prints new five year in volatile week for rates and commodities
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Primary market for public sector unlikely to see large transactions until after Easter, reckon bankers
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War uncertainty and volatile rates have halted European unsecured bank issuance in euros
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Deal volume drops to 215 from 296 last year, JP Morgan says
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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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Monday evening sale is latest block trade
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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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Sponsored by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
CAF gearing up to transform regional development
