Banks
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Central bank policy is expected to create eye-catching arbitrage funding opportunities for high grade US companies in euros, with tens of billions worth of Reverse Yankee bonds forecast for the back end of this year. Meanwhile, the dollar market remained a strong draw for European companies this week despite rates volatility, after Enel printed the largest ever sustainability-linked bond. Mike Turner reports. -
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Realty Income Corp, the US real estate investor, made its debut in the green bond market on Thursday with a sterling deal, with the issuer pricing its first foray into the structure inside its own curve.
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Two public sector borrowers hit the primary euro market on Thursday, with the International Development Association selling its biggest ever bond in the currency and France’s Action Logement Services extending its curve with just its second ever trade.
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Novem Group, the German car parts supplier, is targeting a valuation of up to €830m in ts IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, it revealed on Thursday.
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A2A, the Italian utility, has signed a €500m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, as the company shifts large parts of its capital structure to key performance indicator-driven pricing.
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The Republic of Uzbekistan is seeking to capitalise on a successful dual currency bond it sold just months ago, by returning to the bond market to sell a dollar and Uzbek som bond that also includes a sustainable element.
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The London branch of South African lender Investec has successfully debuted in the sustainability-linked syndicated loan market.
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Mike Lamb, a senior investment banker covering the insurance sector, has left Barclays to join Citi in a chairman role in London.
