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KKR prices $475m green securitization of Icona campus in San Francisco

Green securitizations have been prominent in CMBS this year
◆ US-Iran ceasefire lifts market sentiment ◆ Hochtief, Verbund draw strong demand in the belly of the curve ◆ SoftBank, Naver, General Mills join swelling pipeline

CEB seizes good window for social inclusion landmark

◆ Nine years, 10 social inclusion euro bonds issued ◆ Social 'leadership' demonstrated with new deal ◆ Minimal premium paid, but fair value a 'challenge'

General Mills and Engie turn up heat in corporate hybrid market

◆ General Mills debuts €1.7bn Reverse Yankee hybrids ◆ Engie raises €2.06bn-equivalent across euros and sterling ◆ Sub/senior spreads stay modest on Engie's euro tranches
◆ US-Iran ceasefire lifts market sentiment ◆ Hochtief, Verbund draw strong demand in the belly of the curve ◆ SoftBank, Naver, General Mills join swelling pipeline
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  • Akesobio, a Chinese biopharmaceutical firm, has launched an online-only roadshow for its up to HK$2.58bn ($332.9m) IPO amid numerous country-wide lockdowns globally to combat the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
  • Credit Suisse has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) advisory group in its investment banking and capital markets division, becoming the latest firm to launch a dedicated green corporate finance coverage effort.
  • Bond market participants in Latin America are gradually accepting that Zoom video calls will become a permanent feature of their job. However, in this particularly travel-intensive segment of capital markets, when it comes to selling a product, neither issuers nor bankers appear willing to cut down visits to clients in a region where personal trust is arguably more important than anywhere else.
  • Beijing Enterprises Clean Energy Group is back in the offshore loan market, seeking a $150m borrowing seven months after its last deal.
  • Spain’s Red Eléctrica Corporación has hired banks to run a series of fixed income investor calls for a debut five year senior unsecured deal, in the first European corporate roadshow since stringent social distancing measures were implemented across the continent.
  • Equity capital markets are adjusting to life in quarantine, with most bankers saying they are well set up to work remotely during Covid-19 lockdowns. Even syndicate bankers, natural sceptics to home working, are starting to have faith that business can be done at a distance.