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◆ Hybrid bonds bid wider as govvies sell off ◆ EDF book holds firm earlier this week ◆ Some concession ensures healthy demand
More fully battery electric vehicle-backed deals are expected with similar loans expected to back a larger proportion of mainstream auto ABS
◆ Part of prefunding for 2027 ◆ Low-to-mid single digit NIP ◆ Green issuance has increased since last year
◆ ADB brings ‘impressive’ seven year ◆ NWB hits five year sweet spot ◆ Both deals tighten a large 3bp
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Neoen, the French solar and wind energy producer, has issued the first green convertible bond in Europe — and investors’ eager reception of the deal suggests these instruments could be as popular in the equity-linked market as they have become in the straight bond market. -
BBVA surprised market participants by becoming the first bank to issue a Covid-19 response bond in Europe this week. There will be follow-on deals as the format catches on in credit markets — high grade corporates are looking to do deals too — but it is unlikely to be exploited as widely as it has been in the SSA market. David Freitas and Mike Turner report.
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Denmark has made public the mandate it had given earlier this year to three banks to help it prepare to issue the world’s most unusual green bond, as the work is getting to a more advanced stage. A political decision to issue might come towards the end of this year.
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Corporate bond investors piled into the three environmental, social and governance trades on screens this week, as bankers said the focus in the high grade market is shifting from crisis mode back to socially responsible debt.
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France impressed as it received a record €51bn order book and paid a small new issue premium with its first syndication since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The sovereign was joined in the long end of the curve this week by two sub-sovereign borrowers as investor appetite for duration grows, with more supply expected to follow.
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The Belgian region of Wallonne took advantage of the growing demand in the long end of the curve to sell its first social bond on Thursday, although it had to pay a chunky new issue premium to do so. Elsewhere, Bpifrance received plenty of demand to print €1.25bn with a 10 year trade.
