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ABN Amro offers more EuGB bonds in €1bn two-part senior deal
◆ Deal comes amid competing supply from other European banks ◆ Both EuGB and ICMA green bond standards used ◆ Low new issue premium paid
New $75m partnership to develop treatment for lymphoma was “catalyst for investors”
Markets bask in bullishness as record heat scorches harvests
Investors pay little heed to alarming worsening of climate
IBB overcomes post-summer price discovery challenge with record social deal
‘A fair outcome’ for both issuer and investors achieved, stable spread to KfW proved invaluable
New $75m partnership to develop treatment for lymphoma was “catalyst for investors”
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◆ Have capital markets comprehended the heatwave? ◆ Which SSA issuers need to get it done this autumn ◆ Halcyon days for MTN, M&A and ECM bankers -
Bankers expect more currency diversification but the biggest wave of isusance may still be to come
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◆ Germany agency jumps ahead of full SSA reopening next week ◆ Bankers impressed by book size, tightening achieved ◆ First-mover advantage, 'not much concession' needed
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◆ UK utility follows Canadian dollar deal with Swiss debut ◆ Deal offers savings versus euros ◆ Investor limits leave no room for further tightening
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◆ Swedish lender prices in line with Nordic banks' trading levels ◆ Among some of the tightest five year prints since early 2022 ◆ New funding provides 'timely opportunity to re-engage with investors,' says Swedbank's head of funding
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Month-long supply drought set to end with more issuers lining up for next week
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Data centres and energy projects are giving loan bankers that rare experience - a buyer's market
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Limited damage to securitized properties this year
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Existing investors and sector specialists back logistics landlord’s push into tech
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Deal the first Kuwaiti Sharia-compliant transaction closed with Chinese banks
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Platform claims it can make documenting bonds much faster
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Oil major attracts 20 banks to two year loan underwritten by BNP Paribas and Société Générale
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Loanpal, Solar Mosaic and Sunrun have all returned to the securitization market in the span of two weeks, ramping up first quarter volumes to over $1bn for the first time ever. Sources expect solar loan origination and demand to significantly increase in 2021 as the asset class provides a clear cut way to fulfill investors’ ESG criteria.
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UK RMBS could see marginal losses from the government’s Grenfell inquiry pushing the cost of removing flammable cladding on up to 1.5m flat owners across the country, after DBRS Morningstar research revealed on Monday that repossessions could eat into securitized mortgage portfolios.
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The IMF and Zambia will continue their negotiations about a package to put the country on a path to financial stability, the Fund said on Thursday, after the deadline for initial talks had passed the day before with no deal agreed. But market participants are still demanding more transparency over the defaulted sovereign's external debts.
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In this special round-up on China’s annual Two Sessions parliamentary meeting, the central government sets a conservative annual growth target for the Chinese economy in 2021, signals a modest tightening in fiscal and monetary policies, and plans to broaden regulatory oversight of the fintech sector.
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The UK’s monetary policy will officially be designed to fight climate change from now on, after chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak changed the Bank of England’s mandate this week, delighting sustainable finance campaigners.
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Senior market participants welcomed the announcement of the UK Infrastructure Bank’s creation in this week’s Budget speech. While it is unlikely to tap capital markets in the near future, bankers hope the bank will evolve into a major government agency borrower that prints socially responsible bonds to help in the UK’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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The issuance calendar between now and spring promises rain. Negative carry is the price of staying dry.
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Growing likelihood investors will grant formal interest forbearance
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The latest AI-led hacks matched the risks regulators flagged almost six months ago, yet no regulatory framework is on the horizon
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◆ Pharma company prints 5.3, 10 and 15 year bonds ◆ Biggest domestic corporate deal in Swiss francs this year ◆ Roche pushes pricing and size in shorter tranches
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M&A could be much needed shot in the arm but dollars expected to dominate
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Deal includes $1bn 3.75 year term loan
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Sponsored by Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Bond Awards 2026: Most Impressive Issuer in Africa — Republic of Cote d’Ivoire / Most Impressive Funding Official in Africa — Lancine Diaby
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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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