ABN Amro
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The financial institutions bond market had its Roger Bannister moment this week, as Deutsche Kreditbank broke the zero yield barrier for the first time. Now that a German borrower has lifted the negative yield taboo, bankers expect even deeper yielding deals could follow. -
Landsbankinn sold its first green bond on Thursday, a €300m senior deal, becoming the first Icelandic financial issuer to print debt in the format.
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Iceland’s Landsbankinn is set to sell its inaugural green bond, having mandated a quartet of banks to begin investor calls on Tuesday ahead of a potential senior issue.
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Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) has broken the zero yield barrier with its latest deal, a €500m five year green senior preferred bond issued on Monday.
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ESG Core Investments has become the first European special purpose acquisition company to go public in 2021.
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SpareBank 1 SMN’s second green bond, priced on Thursday, is set to spark a flurry of similar green deals as issuers try and take advantage of the demand on offer for labelled debt — even at near-term tights.
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Norway’s Sparebank 1 SMN is set to return with its second green bond in the coming days, becoming the third Nordic issuer to tap the public market this year.
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CaixaBank and BayernLB were able to sail through fair value with green non-preferred senior deals this week, bucking a trend for rising new issue premiums in 2021. Bankers say a lack of supply is finally helping borrowers to exert more power over their pricing.
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A Dutch shell company is vying to become the first European special purpose acquisition company (Spac) to list this year.
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CaixaBank found €3.7bn of demand for a green senior bond on Tuesday, as investors revealed their hunger for new paper. BayernLB could follow with a green deal of its own against the improving backdrop in euros.
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Just Eat Takeaway.com, the Anglo-Dutch online food ordering marketplace, has raised €1.1bn via the sale of new convertible bonds, following rapid growth during the pandemic as more customers ordered food brought to their homes.
