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New law expected to accelerate the dominance of professional landlords
JP Morgan touches nerve with security and resilience push into Europe
The US bank is showing its global credentials at a time of increased transatlantic tensions but European banks are equal to the challenge
Eli Lilly revives dollar market with $9bn M&A financing
US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions
New law expected to accelerate the dominance of professional landlords
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Sanofi, the French pharmaceutical company, has signed €8bn of sustainability-linked syndicated loans, while Italian natural gas distribution company Ascopiave has completed its own deal using the structure. -
Iren, the Italian utility, sold a €300m green bond on Thursday, being the only name to brave the markets on the same day as the European Central Bank meeting.
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BPCE issued a transition bond this week to finance loans made by Natixis, its corporate and investment bank. The deal gave Natixis a chance to demonstrate the value of using a green weighting factor when allocating capital to new lending, as the mechanism helped the issuer select its assets and prove its own commitment to sustainability.
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France has lined up its 2021 funding programme, looking to sell some long end syndications and to return to the green bond market for its sophomore outing in the format.
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Sanofi, the French pharmaceutical company, has signed €8bn of syndicated loans, claiming to be the first large biopharma group to switch its syndicated bank lines to sustainability-linked metrics.
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Colombia’s finance ministry said on Wednesday evening that it had taken the “first step to entering the bond market for sustainable development” after Congress approved the issue of thematic bonds.
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FIG issuers have shown that investors are ready to absorb all the supply that comes their way
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Investor tells GlobalCapital it liked the portfolio’s diversity, data depth and sustainability impact
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Bank’s €1bn transaction is most granular so far and found new buyers
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World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes
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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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Trade backed by lease, power purchase agreements as sector navigates regulatory changes
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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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Lower rates will need lower inflation — and an FOMC consensus
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Leveraged loan prices have rallied from their post-war dip, with CLO demand remaining strong despite subdued LBO activity
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Gulf AT1 deluge will be a challenge, with or without drone strikes
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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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Monday evening sale is latest block trade
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Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
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CAF gearing up to transform regional development
