Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, the Madrid-headquartered renewables company, has signed the first Climate Bonds-certified green transaction in Spain with a €64m green loan, in a deal expected to make the environmentally conscious market in the country more transparent for lenders.

The European Union is about to kick-start its huge borrowing programme for the Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) fund later this month. It is expected to bolt on additional financing needs for its recovery fund too, once that has been ratified. That could mean up to €100bn of new supply by the end of next year. Printing that as sustainability bonds will give that market the best fillip it could wish for. The EU must seize this opportunity given its commitment to the cause.

As Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) returned to the sustainability bond market on Tuesday to sell its second bond in the format, fellow French agency Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) mandated for its own sustainability bond debut.

The Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) announced on Monday that it plans to borrow A$21bn ($15.2bn) during its 2020/21 fiscal year, which runs between July 1 and June 30. Alongside this, the state signalled its intention to look at issuing green, foreign currency and long term debt to complement its benchmark programme.

Electricité de France has reopened the equity-linked bond new issue market in EMEA with a huge €2.4bn green convertible bond, alongside a €2.1bn hybrid capital issue.

Green dollar bonds from Chinese high yield real estate developers are rare, but property companies have the potential to push the green market in the region to the next level — and see some pricing benefits in the process.

The US bank is showing its global credentials at a time of increased transatlantic tensions but European banks are equal to the challenge

FIG issuers have shown that investors are ready to absorb all the supply that comes their way

Investor tells GlobalCapital it liked the portfolio’s diversity, data depth and sustainability impact

Bank’s €1bn transaction is most granular so far and found new buyers

World Bank-managed issuer taps capital markets to accelerate donor pledges into Gavi vaccine programmes

Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds

New law expected to accelerate the dominance of professional landlords

Trade backed by lease, power purchase agreements as sector navigates regulatory changes

Nigeria plans a total return swap, following peers on the continent in the last 12 months

The DRC has a poor governance record but that doesn't mean things will end in tears for its investors

Demand allowed the bank to cut the yield by 35bp

The country offers huge potential and possible pitfalls for investors

Tej Singh leaves firm suddenly

Lower rates will need lower inflation — and an FOMC consensus

Leveraged loan prices have rallied from their post-war dip, with CLO demand remaining strong despite subdued LBO activity

US drug company Eli Lilly jolted the dollar market awake on Wednesday with an eight-part jumbo trade to fund two recent acquisitions

The US dollar market buoyant this week despite escalating hostilities in the Middle East

Redwood will be a repeat issuer