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• French SSA launches €5bn EMTN programme

  

  A French public sector borrower has appointed four arrangers for its Euro Medium Term Note programme, as it prepares to make its debut in the bond markets.

  • 04:00 PM

• SSAs ‘could be tempted to pre-fund’ if BTP volatility eases

  

  Public sector borrowers could look to join the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in pre-funding for 2019 if the market backdrop — such as volatility in the Italian government bond market — improves, said SSA bankers.

  • 03:15 PM

• Thai Exim sets benchmark with rare issuance

  

  Export-Import Bank of Thailand has raised $300m from its first foray into the offshore bond market, generating $2.5bn of demand — and setting an important benchmark for the country’s issuers. Morgan Davis reports.

  • 12:00 PM

• Wake-up call for investors in human rights laggards like Heinz and Starbucks

  

  Investors need to use their voices, especially by voting at AGMs, to improve the poor performance of many companies on protecting human rights, according to supporters gathered in London on Monday for the launch of the second annual results of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• CAF sets price thoughts on dollar return

  

  South American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) is due to price to a first public dollar deal in a year on Thursday, having set price talk on Wednesday.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• FHLBanks jump on Sofr

  

  The US Federal Home Loan Banks system has become the latest borrower to print bonds linked to Sofr, the planned replacement benchmark for dollar Libor.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• Thai Exim tempts investors into maiden dollar deal

  

  The Export-Import Bank of Thailand set a benchmark for issuers from the country with its debut $300m outing on Tuesday, finding strong backing both in the primary and secondary markets.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• World Bank doubles up for green return

  

  World Bank hit both the euro and dollar markets on Tuesday for its first syndicated green bond in over three years. Onlooking bankers were surprised by the level of demand for the euro tranche given what they claimed was aggressive pricing.

  • 13 Nov 2018

• SIX calls for registration before launch of Deal Pool

  

  The Swiss Exchange (SIX) is calling on Swiss franc bond investors to register on Deal Pool, a new digital platform due to launch in the next few weeks.

  • 12 Nov 2018

• Flemish Community scoops up SRI demand, BNG lines up

  

  The Flemish Community of Belgium was twice covered for its debut sustainability bond on Monday, following the completion of a pan-European roadshow last week. Meanwhile, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has added to the SRI pipeline after mandating banks for its second sustainability trade of the year.

  • 12 Nov 2018

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