Banks

Anton Oilfield Services Group sold a $150m bond this week in an effort to tackle its debt maturity profile.

Michelle Neal has left her position as head of US fixed income, currencies and commodities trading at RBC Capital Markets in New York to take a leading role at high tech corporate bond trading platform LedgerEdge.

Three Chinese real estate developers sold green and sustainable bonds on Monday, adding further momentum to the booming asset class.

ICBC International Holdings priced a three year bond on Monday with the support of a 22-member syndicate team.

First Abu Dhabi Bank has sold its inaugural bond linked to the secured overnight financing rate (Sofr), becoming the first borrower in the United Arab Emirates to do so.

Metropolitan Housing Trust, a UK housing association, has mandated for a sterling bond, amid rising concerns among bankers and investors in the UK on the almost complete easing of coronavirus pandemic social restrictions in England from Monday.

Raben Group, the Dutch-Polish logistics firm, closed its first sustainability-linked syndicated loan for €225m on Friday.

A pair of SSA borrowers are set to squeeze a pair of benchmarks in on Tuesday just before the summer holidays period commences in earnest.

Vilogia, a French social housing company, has shrugged off being downgraded by Moody’s and having its rating withdrawn by Fitch, printing a rare floating rate note that was driven by a reverse enquiry.

Three new Spac IPOs priced in Europe at the end of last week raising a combined €675m, suggesting that there is still some meaningful investor appetite for the product in the region. However, sources are warning that pricing a Spac is far from easy.

Santander intends to enhance its fixed income offering in the US by buying Amherst Pierpont Securities, a broker-dealer based in New York, for $600m.

Credit Suisse has filled six roles in its sustainability strategy, advisory and finance (SSAF) group, headed by Marisa Drew, including a global head of net zero strategy.