Barclays
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A trio of firms slipped into the market to place senior paper this week, and with spreads threatening to creep wider, bankers were keen to see lenders make use of the windows available. -
SMBC Nikko has hired a former Barclays debt capital markets banker, as it continues its buildout of capital markets client coverage in Europe.
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Large European banks shifted their funding focus to the dollar market this week, printing stunning deals as the euro market showed it was more sensitive to signs of tighter monetary policy. Tyler Davies reports.
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Barclays is aiming to bring its continental European corporate finance business in line with its strength in the UK and North America after receiving a resounding vindication of its strategy, writes David Rothnie.
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Deutsche Bank is bringing in Daniel Ross from Barclays to oversee its investment banking activities in the UK and Ireland, taking over from Scott Bell, who is moving into a chairman post.
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A pair of infrequent euro borrowers, Virgin Money and SBAB Bank, tapped the market for €500m no-grow bonds on Thursday, landing deals at significantly tighter spreads compared with their last euro outings.
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Crédit Agricole asked holders of its sterling additional tier one (AT1) to exchange their bonds for new notes on Thursday, which will recognise the regulatory order after Brexit and will reset the debt to pay to a rate based on Sonia rather than Libor.
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Eurostar, the company that runs trains through the Channel Tunnel between London and Europe, has signed a £250m commercial financing package, months after it begged the UK government for bailout funding.
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CDP Financial, one of Canada's largest public pension asset managers, joined three other public sector borrowers in the dollar market on Tuesday to sell its debut green bond.
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CaixaBank extended its social bond curve with a non-preferred senior deal on Tuesday, raising €1bn with what was its first deal since it completed a merger with Bankia in late March.
