Banks

UniCredit has returned to the euro market for a dual-tranche offering of non-preferred senior debt, a matter of days after having completed the sale of a new tier two bond.

The sluggish European loan market has been dealt another blow this week, after Takeaway.com got overwhelming support for its all share merger with Just Eat to kill a £5.5bn ($7.16bn) loan funded rival offer from Prosus.

Unione di Banche Italiane was close to 14 times subscribed for a €400m additional tier one (AT1) in the euro market on Monday, as it capitalised on expectations of scarce supply in the asset class. The debut deal means the bank will become the fourth Italian issuer of AT1 capital.

Private Russian bank Credit Bank of Moscow announced a roadshow on Monday, mandating banks for the sale of a benchmark five year dollar deal.

Goldman Sachs is forming a Sustainable Solutions Council for its investment banking division, with four members for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Hong Kong-listed Anta Sports Products hit the market with a €1bn convertible bond on Monday after the close of business, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Matthew Xu has become an executive director of debt capital markets in Crédit Agricole’s China debt origination and advisory team, effective Monday.

Chinese liquefied natural gas supplier ENN Ecological Holdings Co has made its debut in the offshore loan market through Standard Chartered.

China’s challenger to Starbucks, Luckin Coffee, has raised $979.6m after increasing the size of a combined sale of new shares and a convertible bond, the first tap of the ADS equity-linked market in 2020.

US food group General Mills sold €200m of short dated notes on Wednesday, in its first sole-led deal since 2017.

Equity capital markets investors jumped at the chance to buy shares in Nexi, the Italian payments company, as it returned with its first transaction since IPO.

Murray Roos, former joint head of equities at Citi, has turned up at London Stock Exchange Group.