The Netherlands
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Österreichische Kontrollbank and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt priced well received dollar deals on Tuesday. The pipeline in the currency is building with Bank Nederlanse Gementeen and Swedish Export Credit Corporation having lined up three year trades. -
The hefty chunk of SRI bond supply from the public sector in the second half of the year shows no signs of slowing down, with plenty in the pipeline — including from a debut issuer.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten mandated banks on Tuesday to arrange a series of investor calls for its first sustainability bond of the year.
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Dutch airport owner and operator Royal Schiphol Group launched a green bond this week to fund clean buildings and transportation, after announcing the trade two weeks ago.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) is keeping a close tab on the Kangaroo bond market, following the sale of a curve-extending euro bond this week that is likely to complete the issuer’s benchmark funding for 2018.
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This week the Netherlands took a major step towards becoming the latest European country to introduce a law enabling banks to issue senior non-preferred debt. And earlier this month the UK government closed a consultation for its own law to introduce the instrument.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten went ultra long in the euro market on Wednesday to issue its longest outstanding bond.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten and KfW mandated banks on Tuesday for euro issues at opposite ends of the curve.
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Actiam, the Dutch asset manager, has launched what it believes is the first investment strategy built around the nine planetary boundaries — an attempt to describe the ecological limits within which humans can live sustainably on Earth.
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One of Europe’s major electricity producers, Portugal’s EDP, sold its first green bond on Tuesday, aligning its fundraising with the company’s green principles. Meanwhile, Dutch airport owner and operator Royal Schiphol Group announced plans for its debut green bond. Both followed French vehicle leasing company ALD’s inaugural green bond.
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LeasePlan, the Dutch car leasing company, abruptly pulled its planned €1bn-plus IPO on Thursday as global equity markets plunged into a sea of red.
