BNP Paribas

Acciona, the Spanish infrastructure and renewable energy company, appealed to investors with its green, triple tranche Schuldschein offering, which closed last week at €155m.

Despite the gloomy macro-economic outlook, conditions remained good for corporate bond issuers in Europe this week. Investor appetite was high and supply low, as some bankers, investors and issuers holidayed, and issuers headed into earnings blackout periods.

BNP Paribas has hired a former executive director at Natixis to lead its sustainable capital markets team for Asia Pacific.

Budweiser Brewing Company Apac shelved what could have been the largest float globally so far this year and the biggest in nearly a decade in Hong Kong after investors rejected its punchy valuation target, dealing a blow to the city’s IPO market.

Budweiser Brewing Apac has delayed pricing its jumbo float on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to a source at the company.

Confirmation that the European Central Bank was considering reviving its quantitative easing programme helped give the financial institutions bond market a small boost on Thursday, just as it was starting to show signs of flagging.

French renewable energy company Voltalia has finished its €376m rights issue after meeting with more than 100 investors on a deal roadshow, according to a source close to the transaction.

Last week’s tightly priced bond issue by KfW has inspired a slew of issuers to print three year dollar notes this week. The Asian Development Bank was first off the blocks on Tuesday with a new benchmark, while a tight Export Development Canada trade followed the next day.

Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank), a private sector lender, raised $300m from its international bond debut this week. The deal was helped by the scarcity of supply from Vietnam, but finding the right price proved a challenge for those on and off the deal.

Budweiser Brewing Co Apac was set to price its multi-billion-dollar Hong Kong IPO at the bottom of guidance on Thursday, according to a banker on the deal.

Indonesian state-owned Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) sold $1.4bn of bonds this week, split equally between 10 year and 30 year tranches, pricing both slightly inside fair value.

The UK’s Hyde Housing Association has signed two bank facilities totaling £350m, with the sector again providing business for deal-starved lenders.