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Global warming is coming for portfolios everywhere. Good luck finding any escape
◆ Deal comes amid competing supply from other European banks ◆ Both EuGB and ICMA green bond standards used ◆ Low new issue premium paid
Investors show discipline on pricing for Belfius, SR-Bank labelled senior preferred notes
◆ 'Moderate' oversubscription levels ◆ Belfius offers higher NIP for larger size ◆ SpareBank achieves tighter pricing on green five year
Crédit Agricole restarts euro SNP market with social issue
◆ Higher spread, higher book than tighter priced SP deals ◆ Large French supply expected in the second half of year ◆ Small premium paid
◆ Deal comes amid competing supply from other European banks ◆ Both EuGB and ICMA green bond standards used ◆ Low new issue premium paid
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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 -
‘A fair outcome’ for both issuer and investors achieved, stable spread to KfW proved invaluable
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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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Investors pay little heed to alarming worsening of climate
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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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The Covid-19 pandemic has been a health and economic disaster — but it also creates opportunities, say responsible investing experts. The new environment means financial players can become more ambitious, socially and environmentally.
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Voluntary efforts could bring about a global market in trading carbon offsets, even before there is a statutory basis for this, according to the leader of a new taskforce launched by Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of England.
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Ignitis Grupe, the state-owned Lithuanian energy and utility company, has begun marketing its IPO and is hoping that interest from investors concerned with environmental, social and governance [ESG] factors will lead to a higher valuation.
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Neusoft Education Technology, a private higher education provider, got the go-ahead for its IPO this week from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Philippine real estate company Filinvest Development Corp raised $200m from a five year bond on Thursday.
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Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) made its debut in the bond market on Thursday with a $1.5bn dual tranche deal that saw demand of nearly $14bn coming in.
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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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New $75m partnership to develop treatment for lymphoma was “catalyst for investors”
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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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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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