Société Générale
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Greece was the only public sector borrower to announce a new benchmark transaction on Tuesday, picking banks to lead a new five year syndicated deal. -
Vestas, the Danish wind turbine maker, has signed a €2bn-equivalent facility linked to key performance indicators around sustainability. It was the first time the borrower has structured bank debt in this way.
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Bpifrance achieved a solid result as it sold its first green bond on Thursday, which came alongside another green bond from a compatriot issuer.
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LBBW landed its latest senior non-preferred bond, a €500m eight year deal, through its conventional curve on Tuesday, as the borrower enjoyed the spoils of a large and granular order book.
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The Singapore-incorporated global energy company Puma Energy has bounced back after a planned bond issuance last year failed to materialise, raising $590m in the loan market. Sources say the company’s change of management and reorganisation brought a “sense of relief”.
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South Korea's Kookmin Bank enticed investors into its latest bond sale by using a sustainability label.
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Market participants rejoiced this week as the primary market landscape returned to normal after US Treasury yield volatility subsided and a number of deals, both investment grade and high yield, came to the market.
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LBBW enjoyed the euro limelight on Tuesday morning as it sold the week’s first senior deal from a European borrower, pricing a €500m eight year deal that peaked at more than three times covered.
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Europe’s corporate bond market hosted a debut sustainability-linked bond and two multi-part trades this week, despite overall issuance winding down as earnings season gets under way.
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Aeroporti di Roma made its debut in the sustainability-linked bond market on Thursday, with a structure that allows for several shades of performance, rather than the simple flat rate 25bp coupon step-up usually used.
