By Emese Bartha

Slovenia hired banks to arrange a global investor call and a series of investor meetings to present the country's new Sustainability Bond Framework, to be followed by its debut euro sustainability benchmark bond transaction, said one of the lead manager banks in a deal announcement on Monday.

The global investor call is scheduled for Monday afternoon, while the issuer is also available for 1-1 calls with investors on Tuesday, based on request, the same bank said.

The banks hired for the deal are Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, J.P.Morgan and Nova KBM, while Credit Agricole acted as sole sustainability structuring advisor.

Write to Emese Bartha at emese.bartha@wsj.com

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June 21, 2021 05:29 ET (09:29 GMT)