◆ EuGB label attracts second French agency ◆ Tight pricing to existing secondaries ◆ Label, no-grow language and marketing all help

◆ Order book smaller than issuer’s last covered in January ◆ Banker said covered bond market has reached plateau ◆

Treasury director Rodrigo Robledo says investor relations work has paid off

◆ Two steps to terms debated ◆ Priced flat to fair value or even with negative concession ◆ Investors split on long-dated holdco supply

◆ Norwegian bank increases size ◆ Issuer meets spread objective ◆ Banker said he drew confidence from secondaries

◆ Issuers opt for extra guidance as market softens ◆ Enexis takes size at six years ◆ DSM-Firmenich lands tight

Demand to invest in the low carbon transition is growing fast, but strategies are very diverse

Questions hang over the future of software as a service firms

Shipbuilder's shares fall 10% after capital raise

◆ Energy pair bring three tranches ◆ Sub-100bp senior/hybrid spreads secured ◆ Single digit concessions offered

Founder of climate investing think tank wants to apply ideas as bond investor

When loans' LTVs hit 80%, Bitcoin stakes are liquidated in seconds

Commerzbank arranges $1.1bn deal for supply of vital raw materials

Issuance net of buy-backs is not that high, and there is no sign of any indigestion

Ivory Coast squeezed tight, taking $1.3bn in an 'aggressive' execution

Blackstone is targeting a quicker than usual three day execution

The country is one of the highest regarded sovereign issuers on the continent

The government has been much more proactive in its debt management since a scare in 2024

The Pre-Emption Group, an assembly of listed companiesm investors and intermediaries that monitors pre-emption rights in the UK, has changed its guidelines to say that the impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus means investors should support companies selling new shares worth up to 20% of their market capitalisation without giving existing shareholders first refusal.

Saudi Aramco’s IPO last year was a historic event for the company and its owner, Saudi Arabia, but despite a record $29.4bn being raised at IPO, international investors stayed away. They had demanded that the shares offered a discount to other listed oil majors, in part because of the political risk associated with the company. The fact it is now a tool in Saudi Arabia’s oil price war with Russia will have vindicated many in their decision to sit out the deal.

A former joint head of the IPO vetting team in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's listings department has been charged with bribery and misconduct while in office.

Eight banks provided loan facility to company

Vaccine bond programme to issue $1.5bn this year but needs new pledges

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