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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. -
The Belgian region of Wallonia was the only public sector borrower to the follow Tuesday’s jumbo dual tranche by the European Union in the primary market on Wednesday as it raised €1bn with a new long 10 year conventional bond.
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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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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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Groupama announced on Monday plans to sell the first tier three note with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) label, with bankers confident that the pick-up to non-preferred paper will entice green funds into the deal.
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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.
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UBS sold its first green bond this week, bringing the deal at the tightest euro senior spread of the year so far. Further labelled issuance is set to follow, with UniCredit preparing a green debut of its own.
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UBS made its first foray into the green bond market as an issuer on Monday, landing a €500m operating company deal at a level bordering on zero yield, which could embolden other lower spread issuers to follow. The visit to euros was paired with a seven year deal in the Swiss bank’s home market.
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Senior and covered bond plans were flowing into the deal pipeline on Monday, with issuers keen to buck the softer tone and print before the start of the summer break.
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Naturgy Energy, the Spanish gas and electricity utility, has doubled the size of its revolving credit facility in an amend and extend exercise, the latest demonstration that the balance of power in the loan market remains firmly on the side of the borrowers.
