ABN Amro

AAA Oils and Fats (AAAOF), a trading subsidiary of palm oil processor and distributor Apical Group, is seeking to amend and extend the revolving credit facility tranche of a $800m borrowing from 2017.

Vesteda, the Dutch housing company, proved there was plenty of hunger for green bonds on Thursday, when its first issue of the kind, a €500m no-grow eight year, hoovered up orders to finish six times oversubscribed.

The strength of corporate bond demand, after falls in stockmarkets engendered by the US's hardened stance on trade talks with China, will be tested in the US on Wednesday by a $20bn issue for IBM. In Europe, the test could come on Thursday, since a handful of issuers finished roadshows on Wednesday.

Barclays Bank kept the primary covered bond market alive on Wednesday, launching its first deal of the year and its first Sonia-linked transaction — though at £500m it was the bank’s smallest covered bond yet.

ASR Nederland is planning a 30 year non-call 10 tier two bond issue, it said on Wednesday, as looks to finance its recent acquisition of disability specialist Loyalis.

ABN Amro tapped into bank investors’ thirst for yield amid low interest rates this week with a 20 year covered bond. The Dutch deal followed a previous 20 year from MünchenerHyp (MuHyp) and comes as European investors are increasingly under pressure to reach for yield.

ABN Amro returned to the covered bond market on Monday to issue the largest 20 year transaction so far in 2019. Banks have increasingly found favour in placing deals with the ultra-long maturities, amid renewed speculation that the European Central Bank could restart asset purchases.

The week started on a green note with ABN Amro issuing its fourth green bond on Monday. It was more than three times subscribed. On Tuesday, Erste Group also enjoyed favourable market conditions with demand at nearly 10 times its final books.

ABN Amro is looking for a branch licence for its US business, GlobalCapital understands, which the Dutch bank believes would allow it to be more efficient from an operational point of view.

ABN Amro, one of the banks at the centre of the global financial crisis in 2008, hopes that a new structure designed to deliver on a corporate and institutional banking (CIB) strategy anchored closer to home will allow it to prosper.

ABN Amro is set to boost its capital ratios through merging its operating and holding companies.

Hugo Peek has stepped down as CEO of ABN Amro’s corporate and institutional bank in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, following a restructuring at the Dutch lender.