France
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French agency Cades will debut its social bond framework in dollars on Tuesday, less than a week after it raised the largest ever bond in the format with its inaugural issue in euros. It will share the market with the International Development Association (IDA), which is preparing to kick off its 2020/21 funding year with a sustainable development benchmark of its own. -
Caffil returned to the covered bond market on Monday to issue its fourth trade this year. Despite being its biggest deal in well over two years, it was well subscribed and was priced slightly inside fair value, implying that stretched valuations still have scope to tighten. At the same time UniCredit Austria mandated leads for a 15 year deal.
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Apollo Global Management has completed the first selldown of shares in Verallia, the French glass bottle maker, since its €1bn flotation in Paris in October last year.
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Crédit Agricole printed its long-awaited Rmb1bn ($146m) Panda bond this week, after delaying its offering by nearly three months due to volatility in China’s onshore debt market.
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French reinsurer Scor launched a tier two at a negative new issue premium on Thursday, finding plenty of demand after a prolonged absence from the market.
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French agency Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is planning to round off its 2020 funding through private placements. It was last active in the market at the end of last week, selling a long dated callable bond to an investor hunting for a yield pick-up versus Bunds.
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Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) made an impressive debut in the social bond market on Wednesday with the biggest ever deal in the format by any issuer, overtaking the previous record set by Unédic earlier in the year.
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Senior deals from BPCE and Erste Group Bank this week benefitted from enthusiastic investor support amid a shortage of supply in the asset class.
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As Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) returned to the sustainability bond market on Tuesday to sell its second bond in the format, fellow French agency Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) mandated for its own sustainability bond debut.
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Electricité de France has reopened the equity-linked bond new issue market in EMEA with a huge €2.4bn green convertible bond, alongside a €2.1bn hybrid capital issue.
