Banks

Varta, a German battery maker, has signed a debut €235m sustainability-linked bank loan package, making the margin dependent on an improvement of its rating with a second party opinion provider.

Red-chip issuer China Everbright Environment Group has raised Rmb2bn ($313m) from a Panda bond, ahead of a planned outing by sister company China Everbright Limited this week.

Bayfront Infrastructure Management has sold the world's first public sustainability securitization deal that was part of a rare project finance trade. Its chief executive tells GlobalCapital Asia that this is unlikely to be its last.

LinkDoc Technology, a cancer-focused medical data company, has filed paperwork for a $100m offering of American depository shares (ADS).

Aihuishou International, a marketplace for second-hand electronics, has kicked off a $243.5m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Credit Suisse has hired from a European rival to lead its Brazil DCM efforts as it edges up the LatAm bookrunner league tables.

Stellantis, the entity formed by the merger of car makers Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group, printed what the lead managers reckon was the longest maturity bond in euros from the sector in its ratings bracket, though the market was divided over whether peers could print similar deals.

Spain’s Instituto de Crédito Oficial hit the market for its third green bond on Monday, giving its newly updated framework for the product its first airing.

Repsol, the Spanish oil and gas company, is lining up investor meetings to show off its freshly published transition financing framework, after being the first oil major to bring a divisive green bond that is due to mature next year.

The Omani lender Bank Dhofar has secured a loan facility from a consortium of international banks, in a deal led by two regional lenders.

The European Union announced the mandate for the inaugural bond for its €800bn Next Generation EU (NGEU) scheme on Monday morning as the European Commission ruled on prohibiting banks which have been found guilty of breaching anti-trust rules from appearing on syndications for the programme.

French insurer Macif hit all the subordinated formats available to insurance issuers on Monday, as it attracted a bumper €14bn book for a triple tranche deal to fund its acquisition of Aviva France.