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The African Development Bank (AfDB) said that it intends to enter the social bond market and will be roadshowing its social bond framework beginning October 19, it said this week. -
A Japanese agency has pipped a Nordic one to the post in a tightly-fought race for the top dollar scores on BondMarker in the third quarter. Just 0.2 marks separate the top three scored dollar prints.
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Hanjin International Corp hit its goal of raising $300m from its debut green bond on Monday, but rising tensions between the US and North Korea forced it to pay up.
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South Korea’s Hanjin International is courting environmentally friendly investors for a new dollar bond, and will funnel the proceeds into refinancing debt taken for the construction of a green building.
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Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust has cancelled its potential €738.8m listing on the Singapore Exchange due to market conditions, after first trying to get past the finish line with a smaller offering.
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Deutsche Bahn raised A$600m ($475.4m) with its debut Kangaroo bond on Thursday, making it the first German corporate to issue in the market.
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Deutsche Bahn is soft-sounding investors about a lengthy Kangaroo bond, with an eye on Australian and Asian buyers.
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Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust launched bookbuilding on Monday for a €902.9m ($1.08bn) listing on the Singapore Exchange, a move in line with the parent’s diversification strategy.
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The revival of equity-linked bond issuance in Europe was crowned on Thursday by the launch of one of the biggest deals this year, for ANA Holdings, which owns All Nippon Airways. Nomura was the bookrunner.
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The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) is set to go on the road to promote its third sustainability bond. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has also unveiled plans to return to SRI this year.
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Two SSA borrowers printed dollar benchmarks on Wednesday, pulling off solid trades in spite of some investors put off by tight spreads.
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Public sector borrowers are adding new flavours to the flurry of emerging market paper that has dominated flows in the medium-term note market throughout the summer, printing trades in currencies they only rarely access.
