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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
◆ Demand solid across seniorities ◆ Hybrid regular Veolia moves into green structure◆ Swisscom shows investors also looking for thinly priced debt
DNB and Lloyds to entice 'others to follow'
◆ 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 -
◆ 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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Only a trickle of issuers have printed green bonds under the new standards so far
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Investors invited to site visit to facilities in Berlin and Frankfurt
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Both issuers found decarbonisation harder than planned
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Grünenthal, the German pain relief medicine maker, has extended the maturities on €535m of term loan facilities, telling GlobalCapital it is open to various financing options, after a press report saying investors had shunned a new euro leveraged loan.
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H&M, the Swedish fashion company, has sold a sustainability-linked security for its debut outing in the bond markets. This is an encouraging step, but the fashion industry has a lot more work to do to clean up its look.
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HSBC has appointed a group chief sustainability officer, Celine Herweijer, to lead its effort to fulfil its commitment to being a net zero carbon emissions bank by 2050.
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Česká zbrojovka Group (CZG), a Czech firearms company, has mandated banks to arrange a local currency bond, which investors say is a developing trend. The bond will contribute to CZG’s planned acquisition of US arms major Colt.
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HSBC’s CEO Noel Quinn is expected to announce a new leader for its sustainability agenda soon, as Daniel Klier is leaving to join Arabesque, an asset manager and technology company.
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Chuka Umunna joins JP Morgan — Deloitte hires another FIG banker — JP Morgan AM appoints transition bond expert
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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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