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Editorial: Unequal playing field despite first European ECA bond

23 July 2010

The first European export credit bond closed, but is it as attractive as the US Ex-Im bond?

Read more: European export credit bond AerCap US Ex-Im bond UK Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) Airbus Rolls Royce

The first European export credit bond has closed, almost nine months after the first US Ex-Im bond was sold. In late 2009 many people in the industry – but most of all those at Airbus – were concerned that the use of Ex-Im bonds might give Boeing an advantage in the aircraft sales market, because financing in the US capital markets would be possible.

Since Emirates came to market with the first Ex-Im bond transaction, several issuers have used the product to raise financing for their Boeing deliveries.

Now, AerCap has issued the first European...


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