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Akbank refis at tighter levels amid market volatility
Six tranche loan attracts record demand
Explicitly guaranteed Dutch utility company expected to trade tighter against govvie and agency peers
Coca-Cola HBC bottles euro demand with €2.1bn trade for M&A financing
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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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◆ Corporate issuer repositioned as SSA ◆ Spread to Dutch govvie a primary focus ◆ 'Extremely high quality book' supports tighter pricing
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◆ Bond the first EuGB covered ◆ Danish issuer tightens spread by 5bp ◆ Issue offers next to no concession
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Borrower's sustainability credentials made a green lending a better fit, says ING
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Former corporate’s green deal will be first under new state guarantee regime
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South Africa, historically one of the continent’s most favoured issuers, has come under intense investor scrutiny as it faces a wave of domestic unrest.
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Pundits in the ESG space are already levelling disappointed criticisms at the ECB’s new green monetary policy strategy. But while it may not be perfect, it is important to recognise that the ECB has taken a valuable and important step forward.
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Originally a self-regulated sphere in which voluntary principles underpinned activity, ESG debt is attracting increasing regulatory focus — especially in Europe, where the EU’s ambitious Action Plan on Sustainable Finance is creating a demanding new framework around the market. What does this imply for issuers and investors? And are other regions in step with European developments? Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins clarify the state of play.
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Pivotal players in capital markets through their credit ratings, rating agencies are responding to investors’ increasing focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors by providing ESG ratings too. But how do the two products differ and is there room for both, given ESG’s growing influence on credit risk? Experts from Moody’s ESG Solutions explain their approach.
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Central banks have become integral to the fight against climate change in financial markets. Participants now expect them to wield their immense influence through many avenues of their work — economic analysis, metrics, supervision, investment and even monetary policy.
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While the initial focus of sustainable finance efforts was largely on environmental action, social factors have grown increasingly prominent in recent years — underscored by the establishment of the Social Bond Principles in 2017. Subsequently, Covid and racial tensions in the US have each highlighted social disparities that are leading issuers and investors to treat diversity and inclusion as key parameters too.
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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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