Head of funding for 16 years steps up at Nordic supra

◆ Dutch issuer brings new euro benchmark at last, with social label ◆ Most recent euro line opened over 10 months ago ◆ Peers' bonds helpful to pricing given BNG's absence

There's been a lack of ESG labelled FIG issuance in March, despite this year's volume being higher than last year

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BNG deal 'most exciting' while Eurofima will test long-dated demand

◆ Defensive structure for nervous market ◆ Largest book on a busy day for FIG issuance ◆ ABN keeps position of leading bank EuGB issuer

State of New Hampshire's innovative bond gets Ba2 rating

Shares in company, which manufactures underwater mine disposal drones, have risen by close to 50% this year

Renewables can make Europe’s capital markets less vulnerable to energy price shocks

High demand from institutional and retail investors for maker of Patriot missile components

Book to open on Monday, close on Thursday in latest express IPO

Submarine mast maker's IPO raised €132.8m

SEB is creating a new sustainable finance unit to broaden its offering across the whole bank, and is building a team including country heads — the first of which is Lars Eibeholm, who will join the bank from the Nordic Investment Bank in the summer.

New ECM head at UniCredit — NIB treasurer heads to SEB — Mills takes up newly created position at UBS

Banks providing reserve-based lending facilities to oil exploration companies are looking to sell these loans, usually held and refinanced as ultra-secure relationship products, at bargain basement prices.

There will probably have been quieter inductions into a new job. Nathan Piper has joined Investec as an equity researcher to cover upstream oil and gas.

Asia’s third online-only IPO was launched this week, confirming that virtual roadshows are a new normal for the region’s equity capital markets amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Companies elsewhere should take heed.

There has been much discussion since the financial world went into lockdown about how life in the capital markets will change once governments lift restrictions. Chief among those concerns has been whether the usual business of putting deals together needs to burn the Bacchanalian quantities of jet fuel and waste the many hours lurking around airports that capital markets air miles enthusiasts were doing before Covid-19 grounded them. If that is to change, borrowers and investors need to make it happen.

I don’t need to work, but I’m tempted to go back

Primary market for public sector unlikely to see large transactions until after Easter, reckon bankers

War uncertainty and volatile rates have halted European unsecured bank issuance in euros

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

Redwood will be a repeat issuer

Monday evening sale is latest block trade