BNP Paribas
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Enel, the Italian electricity and gas company, held investor calls today for its first trial of its new sustainability-linked bond structure in euros, likely to be launched tomorrow. The deal has a more complex structure than the $1.5bn bond with which Enel introduced this technique to the bond market for the first time in early September, in that it contains tranches with different triggers. -
The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) is preparing its first benchmark of the fourth quarter and Ireland has picked the banks to lead the first tap of its sovereign green bond.
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Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel’s efforts this year to deleverage were capped with the issuance of a subordinated perpetual $750m bond on Tuesday. The deal, alongside further stake sales planned for the rest of 2019, puts the company on track for a more stable debt profile. Morgan Davis reports.
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Greece and the Province of Québec won strong books in the euro public sector bond market on Tuesday, with the latter returning to the currency for the first time since June 2018. An attractive basis swap for dollar funders to issue in euros has tempted the International Development Association (IDA) out on screens for its first euro benchmark.
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CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong conglomerate, took more than €10bn of orders on Tuesday for a six-tranche bond in euros and sterling as it opted not to squeeze the pricing as much as other recent deals.
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South Korea's Shinhan Bank has taken its first step into the euro bond market, raising €500m of green funding on the back of €650m of demand.
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Europe's high grade corporate bond new issue market has opened the week smartly, with almost €2bn of debt raised, as borrowers nip into the market before earnings blackouts interrupt new issuance.
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Greece has appointed a syndicate to lead a tap of the 10 year bond it issued earlier this year, in what will be its fourth public transaction of 2019. The trade will be joined in the market by a new 10 year euro benchmark from the Province of Québec.
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Five years ago, BNP Paribas’ CEEMEA business was on shaky ground. It had just been fined $8.9bn by the US Justice Department for evading sanctions on Sudan, Cuba and Iran and hit by a dollar trading ban on parts of the oil and gas business. Today, its bond origination effort in the region looks very different, but Alex Karolev, head of CEEMEA bond syndicate, and Alexis Taffin de Tilques, head of CEEMEA DCM, argue that the bank’s selectiveness has made it stronger.
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