Bank of America

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company is preparing to issue a second dollar bond this year, with investor meetings scheduled for next week.

Electricité de France this week delivered a lesson in execution and timing as it hoovered up pent up demand for paper as corporate America skulked in earnings blackout amid perkier market conditions.

The European Investment Bank brought a benchmark that public sector bankers hope can bring some stabilisation to the dollar market, as another supranational eyed up a potential new source of demand.

An SSA could bring a euro denominated socially responsible bond next week, joining several others that have mandated for deals, announced roadshows or brought innovative new issues this week.

Hellman & Friedman is acquiring a majority stake in the Swedish company Securitas Direct with a €2.7bn financing package involving bonds and loans — but market sentiment remains downhearted.

The European Union reopened its 1.375% October 2029s to raise just over €1bn on Thursday and will use most of the proceeds to refinance a maturing loan for Ireland.

An Asian issuer could be about to make its second visit to the socially responsible bond market, with its green offering appearing to have undergone a slight rebranding exercise.

ICBCIL Finance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICBC, has picked banks to work on its return to the international bond market, in what would only be its second dollar deal.

A $550m three tranche borrowing for Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) has launched into general syndication, but not all the mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners are looking to sell down.

Mexican development bank Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) sold $1bn of 10 year notes on Tuesday in a bond sale that Latin America debt bankers hoped would encourage more borrowers into the market.

Size is still coming at a price for SSA borrowers, with European Investment Bank paying a slightly elevated new issue premium for a $4bn five year on Tuesday. Despite this, bankers said a second trade from Erste Abwicklungsanstalt confirmed the market is in robust health.

Hellman & Friedman is acquiring a majority stake in the Swedish company Securitas Direct with a €2.7bn financing package involving bonds and loans.