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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has mandated banks for its first ever climate resilience bond, a new type of socially responsible product that aims to bring more focus on climate adaptation, rather than mitigation. It follows the recent publication of the Climate Resilience Principles by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

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Kernel, a Ukrainian grain and sunflower producer, is set to secure yet another credit facility, alongside an amend and extend deal it recently signed. The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development will provide up to $80m of the total $300m facility, as the development bank continues to support Ukrainian corporates.

Ukrainian grain and sunflower producer Kernel is set to amend and extend an existing syndicated loan, according to bankers familiar with the deal. The transaction marks one of the few intermittent spots of activity in the Ukrainian loan market.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will likely seek to pre-fund for its borrowing programme next year, according to a senior funding official at the supranational.

Issuance is starting to resume after the summer break; however, this week a booming public market drew away investor and issuer attention from MTNs. Despite this, a range of established SSA, FIG and corporate borrowers have slipped in, with deals across core, niche and EM currencies.

This week’s funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes at the end of August.

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development had a triumphant debut deal linked to Sofr this week, with the borrower drawing new investors that had never been in its books before.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has hit screens with its debut trade linked to the secure overnight financing rate (Sofr), with the issuer the third in quick succession to mirror the coupon technique found in the Sonia bond market.

This week’s funding scorecard looks at the progress supranationals have made in their funding programmes towards the end of July

A cavalcade of “familiar names” have come to the market over the last week. SSAs, corporates and FIG issuers printed across the euro curve, while a trio of supranationals were also active in emerging market currencies.