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KfW edges closer to green issuance target
Issuer spends time on pricing with two-step tightening in latest euro benchmark
The clean energy company has hit fair value
IG corporates bring small benchmarks as market welcomes breather
◆ Smaller trades populate market after roaring week ◆ Air France KLM keeps hybrid momentum going ◆ Cencora and Icade bring no-grow bonds
Investors make their preferences clear in rare SBAB and Raiffeisen Croatia senior syndications
◆ Both banks issue their second ever euro deals in respective asset classes ◆ SBAB prints much tighter but also ends up with lower oversubscription ◆ Higher spread pick-up on the Croatian deal lures buyers as issuer's credit profile improves
The clean energy company has hit fair value
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◆ New deals expected to encourage other borrowers into euros and sterling ◆ Tight funder DNB shows spreads still a touch wider than pre-tariff volatility ◆ Lloyds' home foray underlines improved relative funding cost in sterling -
◆ Demand solid across seniorities ◆ Hybrid regular Veolia moves into green structure◆ Swisscom shows investors also looking for thinly priced debt
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Diversity of deals on offer as recession fears subside
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◆ Big books and 0bp to 2bp concession for Orange ◆ US-China trade agreement buoys markets ◆ Premiums tipped to rise
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◆ US gives further clues on MDB support ◆ FIG issuers face funding choices ◆ What's the point of the EU green bond standard?
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Almost Sfr3bn printed in first week of May as Swiss franc mart shakes off tariff spectre
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Greater ESG sophistication is coming to the listed derivatives market, with Eurex Exchange announcing on Wednesday that it intends to launch new contracts that apply a new methodology for ESG exposure.
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Permira Debt Managers is looking at a new, enhanced ESG approach for its next Providus CLO, going beyond the negative screening seen so far in the market and committing to a minimum ESG score across the portfolio.
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The European Union’s formation of its Platform on Sustainable Finance last week marks a new phase in responsible investing. Over the past four years or so, the most influential thinkers in the market, such as the Principles for Responsible Investing, have been quietly moving back to an older interpretation of what RI means: considering the effects of investment choices on others.
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The long-awaited Science-Based Targets standard for financial institutions has arrived. It is one of the most ambitious attempts so far to wrest the financial sector from its path towards climate destruction.
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The European Central Bank is considering a proposal to use its Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs) to incentivise green lending. It has said it may also exclude so-called brown bonds from its asset purchase programmes.
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Zambia’s request to defer payment on $3bn of its Eurobonds is the first potential default by an African government during the coronavirus crisis. The process has been poorly managed, say sources close to the matter, throwing into doubt Zambia's chances of winning leniency, the vital first step to avoiding a messy hard default. Mariam Meskin reports.
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Securitization will be central to EBRD’s new five year strategy
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Bank to keep backing Ukraine and start operations in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria
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US administration has cut funding for IFAD and said nothing about EBRD
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Issuance plans sketched out but defence-orientated MDB must gain inter-governmental support first
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Former JP Morgan DCM head and RBS treasurer join as special advisors to multilateral defence funder
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Kai van der Kolk will advise on corporate finance transactions in the sector
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I manage my team the way I was managed — to get results. Now I'm being punished for it. It feels more than a little hypocritical
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Investment banks wishing to cut costs with AI should remember what clients pay for
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The processes of choosing a new Pope and someone to run Crédit Agricole’s CIB may have more in common than you think
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DocMorris announces Sfr200m rights issue expected in May
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Stock drops 17% in highly volatile market
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Deal follows steep share price fall
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