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Africa Finance Corp breaks ground with project bond, plans Asian issuance
At London investor day, supranational reveals deals and plans for new funding and investments, including fully African project financing
◆ Austrian lender's first bond issue of the year ◆ Achieves investor diversification beyond core buyers in DACH, says lead ◆ Moves pricing more than most of its past senior trades
Spring Cash chatbot contradicts GB Bank’s ‘arm’s length’ claim
Bot claims funding is ‘cheaper than peers who borrow from independent banks or credit funds’
ASN Bank compresses funding cost with second EuGB
◆ ASN's tightest senior bond since 2021 ◆ Dutch lender becomes only the second FIG borrower to have issued more than one European Green Bond ◆ Deal comes hours before 'massive rally' ensues from opening of Strait of Hormuz
◆ Austrian lender's first bond issue of the year ◆ Achieves investor diversification beyond core buyers in DACH, says lead ◆ Moves pricing more than most of its past senior trades
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◆ Bond tightens in grey market after record Treasury level ◆ Goldilocks scenario drew investors ◆ Canadian SSAs back in dollars -
◆ Issuer’s first EuGB hybrid 10 times covered at peak ◆ Tight senior/sub spreads attractive for issuers... ◆ ...while solid yields entice investors
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◆ State development bank brings year’s first euro deal ◆ Long-end levels attract yield buyers ◆ ‘Encouraging’ signal for duration demand
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◆ Biggest and most popular green OAT ever ◆ Third and final syndication came earlier than in previous years ◆ Leading position in green bonds and EGB market affirmed
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◆ Westfield operator increases size on €750m trade ◆ SELP's peak books top almost 10 times oversubscribed ◆ Both deals land close to fair value
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◆ Rare Norwegian issuer times well its deal launching ◆ Garners largest Norwegian senior book for more than three years ◆ Ayvens prints second green bond of 2026
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Fund modelled on Romania’s Fondul has $2.4bn of assets
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State of New Hampshire's innovative bond gets Ba2 rating
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Shares in company, which manufactures underwater mine disposal drones, have risen by close to 50% this year
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Renewables can make Europe’s capital markets less vulnerable to energy price shocks
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High demand from institutional and retail investors for maker of Patriot missile components
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Book to open on Monday, close on Thursday in latest express IPO
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Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months
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The DRC has a poor governance record but that doesn't mean things will end in tears for its investors
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Demand allowed the bank to cut the yield by 35bp
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The country offers huge potential and possible pitfalls for investors
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A piece of very rare African senior bank issuance could also come this week
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Central banks in the region have stepped in with support and lenders are thought unlikely to let sub debt extend
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Even if ceasefire succeeds, investors will still want a risk premium
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Country's sovereign bonds will react well to an opposition victory, but an Orban win will prompt a sell-off
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Bank’s relationship with SpringCash is ‘commercial’
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The ECB published its first release of the data showing its purchases under its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp) on Tuesday, shortly before adding €600bn to the scheme on Thursday. The central bank revealed that it has bought proportionately much less French government debt than the bonds of Italy, Germany and Spain.
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There were more calls this week for the UK government to support non-bank lenders that are unable to access the Term Funding Scheme, with market participants preferring a simple extension rather than alternative funding options.
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Investcorp said on Tuesday it had raised a new €318m loan fund to acquire "high performing loans at discounted levels" from large cap issuers in the European market. The fund will be leveraged and aim for returns in the mid teens.
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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
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Sponsored by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
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