BNP Paribas

Teréga, the French gas transport utility, enjoyed chunky demand for a €400m bond issue on Thursday, despite its sub-benchmark size.

Intesa Sanpaolo chose to split an additional tier one (AT1) deal into two tranches on Thursday, with one eye on the secondary performance of the bonds and the other on the maturity profile of its debt capital stock.

The Council of Europe Development Bank has picked the banks to lead its first dollar benchmark of the year, in what will only be the second public deal in the currency this week.

A pair of SSA borrowers hit screens on Wednesday for green euro benchmarks. However, one has decided that its marketing process will be entirely conducted over the phone.

Relx Finance, the funding arm of UK specialist publisher Relx, has hired banks to arrange a roadshow for a triple tranche bond sale, with maturities out as far as 12 years.

US tourists are flocking to Europe's high grade corporate bond market this week with Reverse Yankee deals. General Motors Financial was the latest with a six year trade on Wednesday.

ING Groep postponed the sale of an additional tier one after clocking up $11bn of demand in the dollar market on Wednesday. At the same time, Arion Bank was looking to launch a $100m deal in the same format — the lowest volume on record in dollars.

US companies piled into the euro bond market on Tuesday, as white goods maker Whirlpool, Dow Chemical and apparel company VF Corp launched medium to long maturity debt.

BNP Paribas was guiding investors towards a coupon in the 4.75% area for a new additional tier one (AT1) on Tuesday, as it looked to price its deal at the lowest level ever acheived by a European bank in the dollar market.

Trans Retail Indonesia has caused a stir by deciding to structure its new syndicated loan with a relatively rare two-stage participation fee payment. Although not all banks will be wholeheartedly on board, the borrower’s move is savvy under the circumstances.

China Aoyuan Group and China Huarong Financial Leasing Co this week raised a combined $388m from bonds that will mature in less than one year, taking advantage of a regulatory loophole to tap the market with short-dated deals.

BNP Paribas Asset Management has promoted Jean-Charles Sambor to lead its emerging market fixed income team, taking over from Bryan Carter.