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My start-up is a let-down
I thought the grass would be greener in fintech land, but it’s patchy and dreary
◆ Fragile US-Iran peace gives risk assets an excuse to rally ◆ Canaries debuts amid clash over Spanish regionals' run ◆ Dollars run dry as borrowers eye late June pre-funding, summer lull
Snam takes €1.5bn with EuGB and SLB pair
◆ Italian issuer pairs two sustainable formats ◆ Trade hits size targets ◆ Tight price tests investors' limits
Intesa returns to senior market after making Monte dei Paschi takeover bid
◆ First deal to release IPTs on busy day ◆ MPS M&A bid had 'no impact' on deal, says lead ◆ Priced flat to fair value
◆ Fragile US-Iran peace gives risk assets an excuse to rally ◆ Canaries debuts amid clash over Spanish regionals' run ◆ Dollars run dry as borrowers eye late June pre-funding, summer lull
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French company diversifies funding after inaugural dollar deal last year -
Issuance beyond 15 years could return if rates stabilise
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Kookmin Bank goes digital in dollars, yen issuance ahead of BoJ, as Volkswagen meets euro demand
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◆ Wide range of investors buy highly rated bonds ◆ DNB achieves one of the tightest spreads since Covid-era QE days of 2021 ◆ SpareBank 1 SMN extends euro senior curve by two years
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◆ Fair value estimated ◆ 'No fatigue' despite ongoing supply ◆ Increasing international investor base
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◆ Stellantis sees stronger demand for shorter leg of €1.25bn dual trancher ◆ RCI Banque prices €750m 5.2 year tightly ◆ Ford finds demand in short end sterling
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If investors were a family, the activist hedge fund would be the brattish 20-something rich kid with libertarian opinions who relishes annoying everyone else. You wouldn’t expect this character to get on with the woke, vegan responsible investor who loves to hold forth on moral values.
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Evidence is building that two of the biggest trends in investing — activism and environmental, social and governance awareness — are actually in conflict. Activist hedge funds not only worsen companies’ ESG performance, a study suggests, but seek out companies with high ESG values for attack.
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The use of exchange-traded funds labelled as addressing environmental, social and governance themes is rising rapidly, as investors believe they allow them to track ESG indices more easily and cheaply, without necessarily having to engage intensively with ESG matters.
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The speed with which leveraged finance investors have embraced environmental, social and governance issues in the past 18 months has created an information impasse in the market, which the investors’ trade body is striving to ease.
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Environmental, social and governance investors are taking an interest in companies' supply chains at last. It is important they do this in a sophisticated way and think deeply about the potential repercussions. Getting supply chains wrong could have devastating consequences.
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Signs are growing that Western companies may be on the verge of a wave of moving manufacturing from China to other emerging markets and ‘re-shoring’ them to the home country, a trend that could have profound implications for markets and international politics.
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International Finance Corp’s drive to introduce development finance to the CLO market is advancing. Its second deal of $509m had more investors, more tranches and better pricing, supporting its rapid growth
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Investors were eager to tender their bonds despite initial resistance
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Increased investor interest in utilities hybrids could bring down subordination premium, says SSE treasurer
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Divisions deepen over multilateral development banks’ climate commitments
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◆ UK utility prints €1.3bn dual trancher ◆ Issuer skips guidance as it masses orders north of €10bn ◆ Longer call leg draws stronger demand
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Inclusion of a variable rate instrument was not acceptable to official creditors
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Markets are looking to the authorities to simplify blockchain issues, but they may not have the purest motives
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Several banks are reining in their appetite for warehouse lending
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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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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
