News Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond
Today, Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond with a maturity of 22 years. The Green OAT 1.75% 25 June 2039 issuance amount was €7bn, making it the largest and longest-dated green bond ever (...)
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Strategy TNote-Bund correlation: new regime
2016 marked a watershed for the sovereign bond market. European bonds underwent a sharp selloff in Q4 2016, this when the year had kicked off on a bullish note that lasted right through to September. The political events in 2016, the outlook for growth and for inflation and (...)
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Stories 2004: Citigroup and the blow from Dr. Evil
Five sorcerer-apprentices, which alone would have lost a part of Citigroup’s reputation, and a few hundred million of market in the next few years…
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Interview Jürgen Maier: «Emerging Markets will continue to become more and more important for the global economy and capital markets »
According to Jürgen Maier, fund manager in the team «Emerging Markets Equities» at Raiffeisen Capital Management, Emerging Markets have weathered the economic crisis and will remain competitive thanks to massive investments in infrastructure in the years to come and enormous (...)
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News AfDB issues 0.125% EUR 750 Million Global Benchmark due 7 October 2026
On Friday, 30th September 2016, African Development Bank (AfDB), rated Aaa (Moody’s) / AAA (S&P) / AAA (Fitch), successfully launched and priced its inaugural €750mm 10-year EUR benchmark transaction due 7 October (...)
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Innovation Nomura ICG K.K. Announces First Close on Japanese Mezzanine Fund
Nomura ICG K.K. (“Nomura ICG”), the 50:50 partnership between Nomura Holdings, Inc. (“Nomura”) and Intermediate Capital Group plc. (“ICG”) announces the first close on their Japan mezzanine fund, NICG Investment Business Limited Partnership A (the “Fund”) at ¥28 billion from 15 (...)
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Pedagogy What is inflation break-even ?
The inflation break-even is the difference in yield between a conventional bond (coupon rate) and its inflation-linked (real rate) equivalent (the same issuer, same maturity ...) ...
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Interview Loïc Fery : « We are focussing our field of operation to the crossover debt»
His flagship, The Chenavari Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, posted 16 consecutive months of positive performances since its creation in 2007...
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Strategy Protecting From the Crash With Private Infrastructure Assets
CEPRES today released an analysis demonstrating how Private (unlisted) Infrastructure can act as a Hedge for Corporate Bonds, whilst significantly outperforming on returns. Using PE.Analyzer to analyze thousands of privately held Infrastructure assets, CEPRES found (...)
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Strategy An alternative to traditional Euro Credit Management: a Smart Beta Credit approach incorporating ESG criteria
To achieve long-term returns comparable to those of investment-grade credit but with a consistently lower level of risk, CPR AM has chosen to combine the DTS risk measure with a rigorous specific risk control and structural sources of return to enhance (...)
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