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Month: November 2019

Deals

RBS pushes social agenda with €750m SME debut

27 November 2019

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group issued the first bond from a UK financial institution aligned with the Social Bond Principles on 8 November, a €750m six year non-call five social bond with proceeds earmarked for SME lending in deprived parts of the UK.

Deals

NordLB CBB sees first renewable covered bond capturing the zeitgeist

12 November 2019

NordLB Luxembourg Covered Bond Bank is set to launch the first renewable energy covered bond in the coming fortnight, a €300m five year, and the issuer told Sustainabonds it is confident the uniquely green legislative product will prove a timely addition to the market.

Deals

Strong Caffil green first ‘close to heart’ of SFIL’s mission

8 November 2019

Caffil attracted over €3bn of demand to the first ever green public sector covered bond on Tuesday, a €750m 10 year issue that Philippe Mills, CEO of Caffil parent SFIL, said is “close to the heart” of its mission, with green bonds complementing its social issuance.

Deals

DKB €2bn-plus book ‘proof of concept’ for ‘blue’ social bond

3 November 2019

DKB sold a four times subscribed €500m five year “blue” social Pfandbrief focused on water and waste water services on Wednesday, with the Eurosystem and SRI investors among those helping the German issuer achieve an “outstanding” deal, according to its head of funding and IR.

Initiatives

Green bonds ‘self-explanatory’ for Berlin Hyp after smooth senior preferred first

1 November 2019

Berlin Hyp issued its first green bond in senior preferred format and eighth overall on Monday, a €500m no-grow 10 year deal that attracted more than €1.2bn of demand, and head of funding and IR Bodo Winkler said the issuer had reached the point where its issuance was almost “self-explanatory”.

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Green/ESG CP: Pioneering steps

The expansion of green, social and sustainable or sustainability-linked formats into short term instruments has the potential to boost overall volumes and impact, and pioneers have already begun testing appetite in the commercial paper market. However, the sector’s intrinsic characteristics raise questions over how to best exploit its potential. In this special Sustainabonds report, sponsored by ABN AMRO, Neil Day explores experience to date and asks what could catalyse growth.
  • La Banque Postale: On an extra-financial public mission

  • NN pioneers with green covered and mortgage start-up

  • Accelerating the transition to sustainable finance via liability management

  • Public sector roundtable: Building a better future

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