Local-government agencies: AFL – The new enfant on the bloc

Agence France Locale is making a €1 billion benchmark debut in November.

Agence France Locale will make its stage entrance in November with the launch of a €1 billion benchmark bond.

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 We want to show
to all French governments issuing debt that they have their place in AFL

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Yves Millardet, CEO, says the issue will show French local authorities and markets that the embryonic agency is “an important actor”. It expects to raise up to €2 billion in 2015.

Critical timing decisions remain in the hands of the French regulator, which is negotiating governance structures with AFL.

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