BNP Paribas
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While Brexit negotiations continued and banks juggled their contingency plans for various outcomes, two UK corporate issuers successfully accessed the euro corporate bond market this week. -
More borrowers could look to the Euroyen format as a new funding tool in Japan, after BNP Paribas proved very popular with its offering of non-preferred senior notes this week.
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A pair of Chinese borrowers broke the lull in new loan syndications from north Asia this week, seeking a combined $450m from their latest fundraisings.
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On Wednesday, UK contract catering company Compass Group joined the euro corporate bond market rush with a new 10 year tranche as well as selling a seven year sterling tranche.
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BNP Paribas's corporate broking launch is ambitious but in its top-ranked equities business, it already has one of the most important elements for success, writes David Rothnie.
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CPI Ronghe Financial Leasing is in the market for its second international loan after wrapping up a successful debut last November.
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The autumn term has definitely begun in Europe’s corporate bond market. BMW and Daimler, which launched deals last week, may have been the scholarship swots who returned extra-early, but this week the whole sweaty gang of issuers is back en masse, and making plenty of noise.
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India’s Reliance Industries has launched its long-awaited refinancing of around $2.7bn into general syndication, one month after mandating 17 lead banks to run the transaction.
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CPI Ronghe Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corp, has made a quick return to the loan market for $300m, nine months after signing its last borrowing.
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The US corporate bond market slowed to a trickle this week with just a handful of smaller deals as desks thinned out ahead of the Labor Day holiday.
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BMW and Daimler reopened Europe's corporate bond market on Thursday in emphatic style, reminiscent of the market's usual reopenings after Christmas, when car companies often take the lead. Such a clear and classical restart to issuance, this early in August, is unusual.
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Russia’s Mechel has signed a $1bn-equivalent loan facility, as the metals and mining group pushes ahead with plans to restructure its debt portfolio by the end of 2018.
