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ENBD to end euro absence after 11 years
Attractive pricing versus dollars luring GCC borrowers back to the single currency
◆ UK lender raises $4.5bn-equivalent in five senior holding company tranches this week ◆ Both deals target long dated funding ◆ Despite secondary widening, euro offering lands with hardly any premium
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UPDATE CEB plunges into Sofr FRNs with $500m debut
New product 'ticks boxes' including more investor diversification for Paris-based supranational, which also sold its largest Kangaroo
◆ UK lender raises $4.5bn-equivalent in five senior holding company tranches this week ◆ Both deals target long dated funding ◆ Despite secondary widening, euro offering lands with hardly any premium
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◆ Insurance companies anchor long dated green tranche with near-4% yield ◆ Curve extension debated ◆ Deal comes amid widening secondary spreads but lands with negligible premium -
Newfoundland prints 20 year, Crédit Agricole debuts a green covered bond
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Sterling deal securitizes two data centres in Slough
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International interest for German paper has grown
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◆ Dutch lender's latest €2.5bn senior holdco follows Aussie domestic senior foray ◆ Comes a day after $1.5bn AT1 and before green RMBS ◆ Demand for senior unsecured assets is strong as ING clears big funding with limited, if any, new issue concession
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◆ Issuer's first green benchmark in 2026 ◆ Blended premium estimated ◆ Central bank/official institution allocations 'notable and high' for green label
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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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Goldman gives new positions to Marsh, Verri and Sorrell — Bain picks ESG boss — Falth turns up at Mizuho
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ESG derivatives have been on the development fast track this year as product creation has swept from equity referencing contracts through to other asset classes. Ross Lancaster reports on the next steps the market must take to reach maturity.
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Bain Capital has hired a new global head of ESG with extensive experience of oil and gas investments.
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This week in Keeping Tabs: what scientists still don't know about coronavirus as we grapple with a second wave, ESG index funds outperformed in the first half of the year, and Japan's currency challenge.
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◆ Second ever bond for the issuer ◆ Deal marketed to both SSA and credit investors ◆ Offers potential for tightening on the back of southern European convergence trade
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BSTDB has had a tricky time since Russia attacked Ukraine, both of which are shareholders
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Commodities trader halves its stake for £132m after shares soar
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◆ Deal follows NextEra’s euro hybrid debut last year ◆ Eight year tranche draws the larger book ◆ More Reverse Yankee issuance expected to follow
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The familiar problem of inter-creditor opacity has also reappeared
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'Hard to classify' Italian corporate trade being marketed to FIG and SSA accounts
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Investors and bankers grapple with 24% fall in Bitcoin since deal was rated
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Investment banking travel was a relentless grind, not gold card access to global glamour
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Books were nearly three times the issue size
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Eight banks provided loan facility to company
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Vaccine bond programme to issue $1.5bn this year but needs new pledges
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