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Crédit Agricole impresses as three tranche covered stretches to 10 years
◆ Large demand for all tranches, including rare FRN ◆ Despite flat swap curve long end 'flies' ◆ Higher yields a boon for investors
◆ 'Moderate' oversubscription levels ◆ Belfius offers higher NIP for larger size ◆ SpareBank achieves tighter pricing on green five year
Genser Energy Ghana secures €450m package from first all-bank syndicate
Absa, FirstRand and Standard Bank were MLAs in first deal after private equity exit
When pricing fails, finance must speak
Global warming is coming for portfolios everywhere. Good luck finding any escape
◆ 'Moderate' oversubscription levels ◆ Belfius offers higher NIP for larger size ◆ SpareBank achieves tighter pricing on green five year
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◆ 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
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‘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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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 first European CMBS of 2020 was priced well inside initial price thoughts last week but, although the deal was also the first green-marketed CMBS deal in Europe, market participants said it was difficult to tell how much it benefited from its ESG credentials.
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Seen with cynical eyes, the launch of JP Morgan’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) is simply an attempt to expand its emerging markets footprint — already the largest in the business — by capitalising on two trends: the wave of cash fleeing low yields for EM, and the unassailable momentum of the socially responsible investment movement.
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JP Morgan has created a Development Finance Institution (DFI), which will see its investment bank originate and distribute assets scored on their developmental impact. But specialists have questioned the bank’s ambitions and raised concerns about how this unit will operate.
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Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden (SBB), the Swedish social infrastructure and residential property investment company, launched a hybrid capital bond on Thursday, offering investors the chance to pick up junk rated paper from an investment grade issuer.
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Zero-E the company that holds the wind, solar and thermal assets of Actividades de Construcción y Servicios has found a private buyer for its Spanish renewables assets, making an IPO unlikely.
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Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden (SBB), the Swedish social infastructure and residential property investment company, has mandated banks to lead a €500m no-grow perpetual non-call 5.25 year hybrid capital bond issue. Bankers off the trade expect it to fly.
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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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