Banks

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) sold its sophomore green bond on Monday, printing €750m of senior paper at a spread flat to fair value and close its Irish peers.

Nordea made a rare entry into the euro tier two market on Monday, taking advantage of strong issuance conditions to steer its pricing in close to fair value.

African Export-Import Bank launched a dual tranche dollar bond on Monday morning, with orders exceeding $3bn by midday. Emerging market bank issuers have been especially active in recent month thanks to attractive credit conditions.

BNP Paribas has made two senior hires in European equity capital markets as part of its ambitious challenge to top the region’s league table positions.

Symrise, a German flavour and fragrance producer, has signed a €500m debut sustainability-linked loan, with the company one of the few to disclose that any margin change due to hitting key performance indicators will be paid directly to charity.

Crédit Agricole has promoted four staffers to fill vacant and newly created positions in its debt capital markets leadership team, including global head of financial institutions DCM and head of European corporate DCM.

Standard Chartered has revamped its corporate, commercial and institutional banking (CCIB) business, combining its credit and origination operations and promoting a number of senior bankers in Asia.

Chinese health insurance and healthcare crowdfunding platform Waterdrop has raised $360m after pricing its US IPO at the top of the marketed range.

China’s auto loan ABS market reopened strongly in May after a quiet few weeks, with SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co, Volkswagen Finance (China) Co and domestic originator FAW Auto Finance Co all looking to price deals this week.

Guandong Haid Group Co, a Chinese agricultural and animal husbandry company, is in the loan market with its debut offshore borrowing of up to $400m.

Hong Kong's embattled Cathay Pacific Airways is gauging the market’s response for a new dollar bond, its first international outing in more than two decades.

Cement company Nuvoco Vistas Corp is planning a Rp50bn ($681.5m) listing, having filed draft IPO documents with the Indian regulator.