Banks

Barclays has appointed Anita Tanna as managing director and head of EMEA generalist and specialist cash sales in London, having hired her from Citi.

Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, and UK care home operator Assura have mandated for sterling use of proceeds ESG deals, as sustainability bankers say that the sterling market is growing in popularity for issuance.

The Federal Reserve made a hawkish lurch at its meeting last week and the consequences are still rippling through rates markets with just two SSA borrowers attempting deals in what could prove volatile markets.

Gazprom is set to access the Swiss franc market this week to sell its first trade in the currency for over three years.

Spain was the only public sector borrower to announce a euro new issue on Monday as it mandated banks for a 10 year syndication.

Citi has promoted a number of its CEEMEA debt financing team, across both bonds and loans.

Senior and covered bond plans were flowing into the deal pipeline on Monday, with issuers keen to buck the softer tone and print before the start of the summer break.

Market participants think spreads on HSBC’s French covered bonds will "meet in the middle" with those of the lower rated My Money Bank, as the former gets ready to sell its operations to the latter.

The Republic of Slovenia revealed the mandate for its debut sustainability bond on Monday, just months after it impressed market participants with a 60 year bond.

GN Store Nord, a Danish hearing aid maker, has signed a €350m revolving credit facility, pulling syndicated and bilateral lines into one deal.

AAK, an ingredients company in Sweden, has renewed its €400m revolver, adding sustainability-linked metrics to the deal for the first time.

Crédit Agricole has phased out Libor for Sonia on some of its outstanding sterling additional tier one (AT1) paper, following the successful completion of an exchange offer that allowed investors to swap old paper for new notes with a modified back-end.