LBBW
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond pipeline is bulging this week, as slightly improved market conditions from last week have prompted a diverse set of issuers to lock in funding before the end of the quarter.
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German commercial real estate company DIC Asset has launched its second Schuldschein, for an initial target of €100m, according to a term sheet distributed to investors. The debt’s margins will be tied to the proportion of green assets the borrower has on its balance sheet. Most notably, there is a ‘fast track’ settlement date for banks needing to secure assets before an ECB funding deadline that falls at the end of this month.
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KfW rebooted the short end of the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday with a well subscribed trade which offered a modest new issue premium. The deal shared the euro SSA market with the State of Baden-Württemberg’s debut green bond.
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Four public sector borrowers announced new deals in the primary market on Monday ahead of the European Union’s much anticipated second transaction from its Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency programme this year, which is expected to arrive later in the week.
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The Schuldschein market might have had a disappointing year as the pandemic kept borrowers away, pushing issuance down to €19.5bn in 2020 from €27bn a year earlier. But for LBBW it was an opportunity to showcase its market know-how as an arranger.
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Schuldschein agents have begun offering borrowers delayed draws in a bid to increase the product's value as a funding option. Many investors are wary of the prospect of deferred funding but are also desperate for supply.
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The State of Baden-Württemberg will be holding investor calls this week to introduce its new green bond framework ahead of a debut deal in the format.
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UBS and Santander Consumer Finance found a combined €8.15bn of demand across the senior curve on Monday, printing deals between five and twelve years in tenor. With market conditions good, bankers expect more deals to follow.
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The European Union continued where it left off last year as it returned to the bond market this week with another jumbo deal that attracted a huge order book for the first deal of the year under its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme.
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Iceland was awash with demand in the euro market on Thursday, allowing it to comfortably sell its biggest bond in euros since 2014. But it was a far different outcome for the Joint Laender, which failed to achieve full subscription.
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The European Union wrapped up its first bond of 2021 under the Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme in style with a quick execution and another impressively sized order book.