Crédit Agricole
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Voltalia, a French renewable energy company, has signed a €170m sustainability-linked loan, with the deal adding to the growing trend of second party opinion providers becoming a central part of ESG finance. -
Vinci, the French concessions and construction company, had Europe’s high grade corporate market to itself on Wednesday, with the borrower having an easier time slashing its spread for 10 year money during bookbuilding than lower rated issuers in recent days.
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Two infrequent names ventured into the euro market to print debut deals in subordinated formats on Wednesday. Italy's Ilimity bank raised €200m with its first tier two, while French insurer Groupama scooped €500m with its inaugural tier three bond.
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BNP Paribas has retained its place at the top of the EMEA loan league table for the first half of 2021, but its market share is much smaller than for the same period last year.
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South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities raised $300m from its green bond on Tuesday.
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Repsol, the Spanish petrochemicals company, made its first foray into sustainability-linked bonds on Tuesday, though some of the power was taken out of the deal by investors judging the level too tight for a triple-B rated issuer.
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The European Union kept the strong momentum going for its second Next Generation EU (NGEU) transaction on Tuesday, although it did surprise some market participants by limiting the size of the dual tranche sale from the outset.
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Acciona Energia, the Spanish renewable energy company, is due to price its IPO at €26.73 a share, the bottom of the initial range, having closed order books on Tuesday afternoon, according to sources close to the transaction.
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Crédit Agricole announced plans on Tuesday to market its first covered bond from its social framework in what will be a rare maturity. At the same time leads on Credito Emiliano's proposed covered bond opted to wait until the European Union prices its deal is priced before launching.
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The EU on Monday announced the mandate for its second jumbo Next Generation EU deal, which includes four banks who were suspended for the first transaction for violating antitrust rules.
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UniCredit was able to stack up more than €3.25bn of demand behind its inaugural green bond on Monday, landing the note 10bp through its conventional curve.
