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‘Green’ UK pension funds are financing US fossil fuels

Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
◆ German grid funds capex drive with dual tranche hybrid ◆ Demand holds firm despite aggressive tightening ◆ Deals land close to fair value

CDC lands €1bn at single digit spread over OATs

◆ Rival banker had expected attrition but order book grew ◆ Sustainability bond CDC's first euro benchmark of year ◆ New issue premium estimated

ABN Amro grows EuGB supply with €3.6bn hat trick

Bank completes more than half its annual funding before first quarter blackout
◆ German grid funds capex drive with dual tranche hybrid ◆ Demand holds firm despite aggressive tightening ◆ Deals land close to fair value
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  • Some of Europe’s largest banks have taken large chunks of syndicated loan market share in EMEA this year, as the pandemic has prompted some institutions to flex their muscles and others to retreat.
  • It was a busy first quarter at Commerzbank’s corporate clients division, as companies rushed to secure liquidity and access Germany’s support programmes. But that division and the group as a whole made a loss in the quarter, results released on Wednesday showed, as cost of risk rose and valuations of derivative positions fell.
  • Europe’s high-grade corporate bond market this week proved that even the sectors hit the hardest by the pandemic can access funding. But investors are demanding compensation for the extra risk, and that premium is only expected to grow as motorcycle firm Harley-Davidson discovered when it tested the new wides, writes Mike Turner.