BNP Paribas
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British Telecommunications and Coentreprise de Transport d’Electricité launched triple tranche bond deals on Tuesday, with demand skewed towards the longer tranches.
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Société de Financement Local (SFiL), a French agency, sold its inaugural dollar trade this week, issuing into an otherwise quiet market. -
Danaher Corp, the US healthcare technology group, issued a €850m dual tranche bond on Monday and the latest reverse Yankee issuer found strong demand for both tranches, resulting in minimal new issue concessions.
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BNP Paribas has hired a banker for its AFS syndicate operation, which covers asset-backed products, infrastructure, whole loans, project finance, reserve-based finance and other areas.
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Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane was the only issuer in the corporate bond market on Thursday. The Italian railway operator's eight year €1bn deal followed a European roadshow last week and took a similar path to other deals this week.
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South Africa-based media group Naspers is looking to add to what has been the busiest month for African issuance since July 2014 but an oil-related sell-off this week suggests that the company may have missed the golden window.
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Swiss management firm Helvetia Environnement Groupe (HEG), a BB- rated debut borrower, raised Sfr75m ($77m) with a five year green bond on Wednesday, in under two hours. A series of sub-investment grade issuers have made an impression on the Swiss market recently — a sign, Swiss bankers believe, of Swiss lenders’ growing ease with lower-rated credits.
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Xin Point Holdings, the Chinese automotive components supplier, has raised HK$855m ($110m) after its Hong Kong IPO was priced at the top of the range, with high level of demand coming in from retail investors.
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India’s Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has mandated banks for a green dollar bond, a first for the company.
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GarantiBank International (GBI), a Dutch subsidiary of Turkiye Garanti Bankasi, has signed a $250m loan that was oversubscribed by 19 banks, according to a banker on the deal.
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French agency Société de Financement Local (SFiL) raised $1bn with its first ever dollar bond on Wednesday, while the German State of North Rhein-Westphalia pushed out its curve to 2048.
