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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
Newfoundland prints 20 year, Crédit Agricole debuts a green covered bond
Lloyds lifts green senior euros after Yankee foray
◆ 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
Crédit Agricole differentiates from competition with 'untested' 12 year SNP bullet
◆ 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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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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Bankers insist sustainability-linked loans are here to stay
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◆ Demand sticky despite tight pricing ◆ Trade performing in secondary ◆ Tight senior/sub spread spotted
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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is creating a sustainable and green exchange to centralise data and information from the sector in the region.
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William Hill, the UK bookmaker, has raised £224m to pursue growth opportunities ahead of the restarting of sporting events such as the Premier League.
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Campaigners for equality for lesbian, gay and transgender people in the US hailed a historic victory on Monday, when the Supreme Court for the first time made it illegal throughout the country for employers to discriminate against staff on grounds of sexual or gender orientation.
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A third of the top 50 corporate bond issuers are among companies that investors have named and shamed for not disclosing adequately through the CDP reporting platform about the environmental risks they face as bondholders grow more engaged alongside shareholders in pushing for this information.
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The green bond market lets investors scrutinise the way issuers use their money, promoting good behaviour. Now, the focus is turning to the middle men: the banks. It is a welcome iteration, given their importance in financing either a green or brown future, but we must push them further.
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched the first systematic process by an issuer to formally integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into choosing its bookrunners. Senior funding officials and sustainability bankers have welcomed the initiative as an important evolution in the use of ESG in capital markets, write Burhan Khadbai and Jon Hay.
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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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First deal of its kind more than 1.5 times subscribed
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Sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Sukuk market’s next chapter: Financing the future, sustainably
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Sponsored by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
CAF gearing up to transform regional development
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Sponsored by Emirates NBD Capital
Emirates NBD Capital: An unrivalled conduit for Middle East liquidity
