Compagnie de Financement Foncier (Bloomberg Ticker: CFF) launched a 5-year bond issuance on October 21st, for 500 million euros, in a Social Bond format to finance healthcare and social housing in France.
With this new ESG issuance in Social Bond – Human Development format, Compagnie de Financement Foncier confirms its status as a sustainable and regular bond issuer for the BPCE Group. The transaction immediately attracted diversified interests in terms of geography and types of investors.
The operation was established at a competitive price of ms+41 basis points. The final order book amounted to 1.7 billion euros, coming from 85 high-quality investors. At its peak, the order book was oversubscribed by more than 4 times, underscoring the success of this transaction and the quality of CieFF’s credit.
The transaction was placed within a large majority of ESG-dedicated investors, making up to 64%, which confirms CieFF’s relevance in this market segment and its legitimacy with the Social Bond format.
Since 2024, Compagnie de Financement Foncier has issued 5.6 billion euros to provide competitive refinancing for BPCE Group entities.
