BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas saved about 5bp on pricing by going green with its latest non-preferred senior offering this week, bringing the deal against an impressive market backdrop.

Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the country's sovereign wealth fund, sold its $600m five year sukuk on Wednesday at a level that was so tight it even took the deal’s lead managers by surprise.

Singapore Power, a government owned electricity and gas distributor, grabbed investor attention on Wednesday and raised $600m from a rare trip to the international bond market.

Malaysia-based firm Top Glove Labuan tapped the equity-linked market for the first time on Wednesday, raising $200m after printing a five year non-call three exchangeable bond.

Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the country's sovereign wealth fund, has tightened price guidance for its five year sukuk with order books for the deal already over $2.5bn.

An SSA borrower smashed another set of records with a long dated bond on Tuesday. France’s hotly anticipated 30 year syndication did not disappoint, raising €7bn with its lowest yield ever at the maturity.

Mashreqbank printed its $500m five year dollar bond on Tuesday, with orders for the deal topping $1.8bn and leads reporting strong Asian demand for the note.

Seven of the 10 most climate-friendly European equity funds are from France, according to rating agency Climetrics, in a document seen by GlobalCapital.

LeasePlan, the Dutch car leasing company, has returned to the euro bond market with a €500m senior unsecured three year bond that was priced well inside the initial guidance.

France has picked banks for a long 30 year euro benchmark, returning to the long end of the curve with a syndication for the first time since May 2017, as promised in late 2018.

ThyssenKrupp, the German steel and engineering company, has raised €1.5bn in the corporate bond market, despite downward pressure on its credit ratings as it prepares to spin off its capital goods business later this year.

French toll road operator Autoroutes du Sud de la France found plenty of investors willing to buy the issuer’s first corporate bond sale of 2019. The demand allowed the company to tighten the spread it was offering by 22bp through the marketing process and price the deal in line with its existing curve.