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Christine Lair
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Recent press releases
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Press release
16 December, 2024Starting 16 December 2024, Caisse Française de Financement Local (CAFFIL) has
required S&P Global Ratings to withdraw the rating of its obligations foncières and
Registered Covered bonds (AA+ rating reaffirmed by S&P Global Ratings on 16
December 2024). Caffil’s obligations foncières and Registered Covered bonds are
now rated Aaa/AAA by Moody’s and DBRS respectively.
Sfil remains rated Aa2/AA-/AA (High) by Moody’s, S&P Global Ratings and
DBRS respectively.Download the file
Press release – Great success for Sfil group’s 8th benchmark transaction of 2024
25 November, 2024This transaction was launched with great success under covered bond format by Caffil for an amount of 1 billion euros and with a maturity of 5 years. This latest public transaction completes Sfil group’s 2024 funding program with a record amount of almost 9 billion euros.
In a difficult market context marked by high volatility, this transaction generated very strong demand, with 60 different final investors. The total order book reached 1.4 billion euros, representing an oversubscription rate of x1.4. Sfil group decided to close its 2024 funding program with this public transaction on a 5-year maturity that completes the Caffil reference curve. In total, the funding raised by Sfil group in 2024 amounts to nearly 9 billion euros, which makes it the largest annual program ever realised by the group.
“This transaction wraps up our funding for the year 2024, with 8 successful benchmark transactions, a total volume of EUR 9 billion and 85 new investors for Sfil Group. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to our investors for their trust throughout the year. Well over 300 investors have participated in benchmark transactions by Sfil and Caffil over the year, and we have been able meet with nearly 150 different investors over the past 12 months.” Philippe Mills, Chief Executive Officer of Sfil and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Caffil
Investors relations :
Ralf Berninger – ralf.berninger@sfil.fr
Mathilde Sobol – mathilde.sobol@sfil.frPress contact :
Christine Lair – Tel.: + 33 (0)1 73 28 87 36
christine.lair@sfil.frDownload the file
Sfil Group has published an updated version of its Green, Social and Sustainability Framework
21 November, 2024Sfil Group has published an updated version of its Green, Social and Sustainability Framework on November 20th with the objective to further develop the group’s Green and Social Bond Issuance, and to continue to align with developments in best market practices.
The framework aims to include all key areas of green and social investments by the French local public sector. In addition, the framework has been set up to make a significant contribution to the financing of large French export contracts with strong environmental or social benefits.
With this update, Sfil has also chosen to align certain eligible green project categories with the EU Taxonomy’s substantial contribution criteria for the objective of Climate change mitigation.
Sfil Group has previously issued Social Bonds to finance the French public hospital sector under a separate framework, the Sfil Group Social Note Framework. Looking ahead, all Green, Social or Sustainability Bonds by Sfil Group will be issued under the new Green, Social and Sustainability Framework. The existing Social Note Framework will continue to apply to all bonds previously issued under this framework, and will continue to remain publicly available.
Since 2019, Sfil and Caffil have been regular issuers of Green and Social Bonds, with a total outstanding volume above EUR 10 billion.
Investors relations :
Ralf Berninger – ralf.berninger@sfil.fr
Mathilde Sobol – mathilde.sobol@sfil.frPress contact :
Christine Lair – Tel.: + 33 (0)1 73 28 87 36
christine.lair@sfil.fr
Last update 30/01/2023
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