Bank of America

Unibail-Rodamco, the Franco-Dutch property company, attracted huge demand today for a combined offering of green bonds and ordinary bonds – possibly the first time an issuer has sold both in a single transaction.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Karim Assef and Diego De Giorgi co-heads of global investment banking.

The block trade business has been hugely important to equity capital markets businesses so far in 2015, and at this stage UBS and Goldman Sachs are leading the race. But Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made a hefty effort to catch up.

Transport for London has hired banks to run a roadshow for what will be a debut green bond for the issuer.

Royal Dutch Shell has obtained £3.025bn of bridge debt from Bank of America Merrill Lynch for its acquisition of BG Group, and is expected to syndicate a larger loan, according to senior bankers.

Royal Dutch Shell’s £47bn agreed takeover offer for BG Group, the UK gas exploration and production company, will include a £13.1bn cash component. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the original lender, mandated lead arranger and facility agent on the deal.

Royal Dutch Shell’s £47bn takeover offer for BG Group may bypass the public equity capital market — at any rate, no public issue has been mentioned to finance the £13.1bn cash element of the purchase price. But Shell has raised its asset disposal target for 2016-18 to $30bn.

The Korean DCM market is finally showing some signs of life, with Shinhan Bank opening books for a dollar denominated bond on April 8. Even though the Korean lender is expected to print a deal of only $350m-$500m, market observers are still excited by its appearance as it could be the first of a long list of names.

Noble Group, a commodities supplier, has launched into general a $2.25bn financing that is being led by a 15-strong group of banks.

More US companies are expected to issue in Europe's high yield market in the coming months, bankers say, attracted by the euro's record low interest rates.

This has been the busiest first quarter ever for equity capital markets globally, driven by record activity in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and a near-record output in the Americas, writes Jon Hay.

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