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France grows green bond to €11bn

The Republic of France has grown the size of its sovereign green bond to €10.8 billion ($13.3 billion) by tapping it for a third time.

Natixis repackages French green sovereign bond into green structured note

French bank Natixis has designed what it claims is the first green structured note – a repackaging of France's €7 billion ($8.6 billion) green obligation assimilable du Trésor (OAT).

Second tap takes France's sovereign green bond to almost €10bn

Agence France Tresor has tapped its record-breaking sovereign green bond for the second time, raising a further €1.065 billion. The bond now amounts to €9.697 billion ($10.61 billion).

Green bonds round-up, 6 December 2017

Q&A with Anthony Requin on France's sovereign green bond

The Republic of France's €7 billion sovereign issue was the largest and the longest dated green bond, and was the largest syndicated Obligation Assimilable du Trésor (OAT) issued as a single tranche. The chief executive of Agence France Trésor answers some questions.

France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year

The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.