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AfDB hopes to launch multi-issuer securitization this year
◆ French firm takes €700m with unrated deal ◆ Double digit concession needed ◆ Deal prices inside debut, but returns higher yield
Deal liberates capital and tempts investors to take new frontier market risk
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National governments of the European Union have reached agreement on the law that will implement the Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities, even though Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Greece are unhappy that nuclear power has not been specifically excluded. There could be fights over that issue when the Parliament and Commission negotiate with the Council in a 'trilogue'. -
Rusal, the aluminium company, is set to sign Russia's first internationally syndicated sustainability-linked loan, for $750m. Some bankers say Russian borrowers are increasingly interested in financings linked to environmental, social and governance factors, as they hope to attract lenders put off by sanctions that have partly isolated Russia from capital markets since 2014.
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UBS has hired an experienced green bond banker from SEB to lead its effort in that fast-growing market, from a base on the London syndicate desk.
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China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC) is seeking its second syndicated loan of the year and has approached banks to co-ordinate the deal.
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Cambodia’s Prasac Microfinance Institution has closed its syndicated loan at a larger size of $180m.
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State-owned Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) is seeking a debut $300m offshore loan for a project in Papua New Guinea.
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