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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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  • Greencoat Capital, the investment manager of London listed funds Greencoat UK Wind and Greencoat Renewables plc, is eying a strong pipeline of acquisitions in the UK wind power market. However, green-hungry equity investors may have to wait a while before seeing further capital raises from the firm, its chief executive, Stephen Lilley, told GlobalCapital.
  • Environmental protection services provider Shenzhen Leoking Environmental Group has set the ball rolling for a Hong Kong listing, having filed draft documents with the bourse.
  • Despite its only previous outstanding bond trading at distressed levels and its president being sentenced to 20 years in jail for murder during the sale process, Suriname has managed to issue $125m of new amortising bonds that analysts say should be crucial for a proposed electricity reform.
  • Markets go into 2020 fretting about a global recession and an escalation of tradetensions between the US and China, according to 25 heads of debt capital markets in the EMEA market, in Toby Fildes’ annual outlook survey. Respondents are mildly pessimistic on spreads and fees in the primary markets as well. But on the plus side, bankers are feeling hopeful about sustainability-themed bonds and almost unanimously believe issuance will top $270bn.
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    Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal helped pull the US out of the Great Depression. Climate change is a bigger crisis and requires a similarly total response. But is the European Commission being ambitious enough? And will politicians, business and society accept the changes required? Jon Hay reports
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    The European Commission launched its European Green Deal on Wednesday, calling for “massive public investment” to tackle climate and environmental challenges which it calls “this generation’s defining task”.