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Rabobank lures yield-hungry investors with 10 year green SNP
◆ Small premium left for investors ◆ Final yield close to 4% 'inflection point' ◆ Rabo adds to senior green rush
The new issue premium was, at most, 10bp
Länsförsäkringar Bank issues first Nordic FIG senior unsecured EuGB
◆ Swedish bank tightened spread by 28bp ◆ LF Bank opted for the €500m no-grow format ◆ Bonds offered 2bp of new issue premium, an expert said
Alpha Bank lands green senior preferred 'close to fair value'
◆ Greek bank tightened spread by 25bp ◆ One of two green bonds sold on Tuesday ◆ Green label creates 'stickier' order book, says banker
The new issue premium was, at most, 10bp
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Inaugural European Green Bond Standard deal in the works as issuer remains committed to at least one green bond each year with or without new label -
World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes
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◆ Safer credits prove popular in uncertain market ◆ Alliander sheds orders as it punches through fair value ◆ Argan ends near five year euro absence
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Red-hot corporate hybrid bond market could tempt more debut issuers
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◆ Sentiment improves after ceasefire extended ◆ Handelsbanken nears record tights ◆ Jyske Bank attracts €3.3bn of orders
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Japan’s sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) borrowers continue to be among the most highly regarded issuers in global debt markets, supported by strong credit fundamentals and deep domestic demand. But with a complex geopolitical background, diverging global monetary policies, the Bank of Japan’s policy signals, and recent elections in the country, issuers are operating in an unpredictable environment.
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Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
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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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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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Investment banking is a competitive business, especially when it’s your bosses that are vying for your attention
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Deal raises questions about whether transaction was done at arm's length
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In an age of abundant information and opinion, where much of it is wrong, smart investment bankers can still be valuable to clients by embracing the complexity
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Rating agency Fitch says that the bleak economic outlook has exposed many of Germany’s banks’ weaknesses, prompting it to take action on the ratings of many of them. Deutsche Bank could become one of Europe’s banks most affected by the recession.
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Official financial lifelines to keep UK companies alive through the coronavirus pandemic are already having a tangible effect. Shares in Redrow, the UK housebuilder, rose 7.5% on Thursday morning after it announced it had been approved to borrow up to £300m from the Bank of England’s commercial paper facility for investment grade companies.
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The vigorous revival of Europe's corporate bond new issue market, after it was paralysed by the coronavirus crisis in March, has impressed even those who work in the heart of it. But as the range of companies that has accessed the market grows, one group remains absent: Italian firms. The first few may need to pay up a little, but the market is ready for them, bankers said this week.
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