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Issuance beyond 15 years could return if rates stabilise
Kookmin Bank goes digital in dollars, yen issuance ahead of BoJ, as Volkswagen meets euro demand
◆ Wide range of investors buy highly rated bonds ◆ DNB achieves one of the tightest spreads since Covid-era QE days of 2021 ◆ SpareBank 1 SMN extends euro senior curve by two years
◆ Fair value estimated ◆ 'No fatigue' despite ongoing supply ◆ Increasing international investor base
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Europe’s corporate bond new issue market burst back into life on Friday after a nine day coma with two emphatic, big, generously priced deals from impeccable issuers — exactly the pattern of issuance, although on a smaller scale, that the US market has produced on three days this week. Engie and Unilever raised €4.5bn between them, most of it from investors working at home amid coronavirus quarantines. -
Germany's Covestro and the UK's 3i have both signed new revolving credit facilities with terms that were agreed before the Covid-19 pandemic sent markets plunging, but lenders said that new deals will have far higher margins.
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Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, March 16. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.
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Since the invention of green bonds 13 years ago, market participants have circled round the problem of what is green. There are many answers, such as the Climate Bonds Initiative's standards, but none have any official authority. That is about to change. The EU's Green Bond Standard is likely to become law before the year is out, and it could alter the market in several ways.
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The Belgian region of Wallonia has decided to conduct the investor marketing for its euro sustainability benchmark solely over the phone rather than by attending meetings as the Covid-19 pandemic worsens.
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Garanti BBVA has launched the first environmental, social and governance loan from Turkey's banking sector, as the syndicated loan primary market continues to be one of the few hardy spots in a financial system hit by the coronavirus and oil price panic.
