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‘Extremely busy’ August restart in store for SSA market
Pause will benefit issuers as excess bonds need absorption before issuance starts to ‘fire on all cylinders’ from August 17
Green investors buy when everyone else stops, giving issuers one last pricing lever — perhaps to cross a line none of them wants to reach
EM bond surge in September at risk if new burst of war reignites inflation
Market is in good shape, but will not stay that way if war drags on over summer
Brookfield asks to defer interest on German multifamily CMBS
Restructuring of €316m deal from 2021 is likely
Green investors buy when everyone else stops, giving issuers one last pricing lever — perhaps to cross a line none of them wants to reach
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A flurry of Swiss franc issuance dusted the market this week, as domestic and foreign borrowers entered a more settled market.
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Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch-Belgian supermarket group, priced its debut sustainability-linked bond 7bp inside fair value on Thursday, despite tricky conditions in the corporate bond market, showing that investors are gaining an appetite for SLBs and like new flavours, writes Mike Turner. -
The European Union finally arrived with its second Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) transaction of the year on Tuesday, two weeks after it sent banks a request for proposals (RFP).
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Greece’s Public Power Corporation has issued the first euro high yield sustainability-linked bond, which is to fund the power utility’s planned transition from lignite power generation to renewables over the next two years, and offering a hefty 50bp coupon kicker if it misses the goal.
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The Climate Bonds Initiative has said the evidence for price benefits of green bonds is becoming "increasingly visible". Though proof of a pricing advantage in covered bonds is limited, it was on display this week when Crédit Agricole Italia issued is first green covered bond and more generally, the product attracts a wider investor base.
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Musk's firm joins bumper dollar club and bankers hope other markets could follow
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Market's bellwether forges ahead as pipeline builds
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IPO documents reveal data center portfolio purchase
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Hybrid capital is open to the big US tech companies. But who needs an umbrella when the sun is shining?
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Strong appetite from international banks for first gigascale 24/7 solar plant
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Eighteen year facility backed by EIFO comes as interest in energy infrastructure mounts
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Supra bond shows size is available in Swiss francs for digital deals
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Tighter margin loan a 'sign of things to come' for infrastructure lending
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UK government can find direction by being determined on defence and green growth
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Growing company gets new bank lenders and equity investors
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Asset-based finance exposes investors to counterparty decisions on asset selection, collateral arrangements and servicing
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Business may wind down this month, if it is not rescued
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How to go about the delicate business of dealing with bad behaviour from the boss
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US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions
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The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East
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Redwood will be a repeat issuer
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Sponsored by Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
Bond Awards 2026: Most Impressive Issuer in Africa — Republic of Cote d’Ivoire / Most Impressive Funding Official in Africa — Lancine Diaby
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Sponsored by Crédit Agricole CIB
Syndicated Loan Awards 2025: Crédit Agricole CIB: Driving France’s loan market and ESG transition
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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
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