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French government vote and EU syndication to shape market in coming days
◆ Other recent German deals finished uncovered ◆ RV against KfW was important ◆ Some argue outcome 'not great'
◆ Third SSA in a week gets low demand ◆ Starting level 'seemed good approach' but fails to draw appetite ◆ Coupon level gives hope in secondary trading
First batch of post-summer new issues flooded with demand, but will it last?
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It has been a long time coming. Social impact bonds, in which the investor's return is based on the outcome of a social project, were invented 10 years ago. This week, one was issued for the first time by an organisation recognised as a full member of the mainstream European capital markets. -
Region Stockholm brought social impact bonds into the mainstream European capital markets this week, with a transaction aimed at preventing people from developing diabetes. With healthcare financing top of the agenda in capital markets because of Covid-19, the deal raises the prospect that other issuers could turn to outcome-based financing. Frank Jackman and Jon Hay report.
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Hyundai pulled into the Swiss franc bond market this week with a three-year green deal that was priced with a substantial new issue premium (NIP). Elsewhere, nuclear energy provider AKEB sold one of the highest yielding bonds of recent weeks.
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The European Investment Bank and the State of Brandenburg have mandated banks to bring euro deals on Thursday, in what has been an extremely thin week for supply with issuers well funded and some weakness in secondaries.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency bond issuers are mobilising their resources to support the fight against Covid-19. The below table details the bonds they have issued, specifically in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
