BNP Paribas
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Apax Partners and Fortino Capital have mandated banks for a €360m debt package to finance the merger of Maltese telecom firm Melita and Vodafone Malta. -
VietinBank, one of the largest state-owned commercial lenders in Vietnam, has returned to the loan market, just four months after tying up its last fundraising.
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GlobalCapital is delighted to announce the winners of its Americas Derivatives Awards for 2017. The results were revealed at a gala dinner at New York’s Metropolitan Club on May 25. Our thanks to all those who attended the dinner and competed for the awards.
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The drought of equity-linked bond issuance in EMEA has suddenly ended this week, with the launch of two deals in three days, by GN Store Nord, the Danish maker of hearing aids and audio devices, and Impala Platinum Holdings, the South African mining company.
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The stampede by corporate dollar issuers continued into a second consecutive week with Italian energy giant Enel printing the largest ever deal by an Italian corporate in the US investment grade market, and the second biggest Yankee deal of 2017.
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The euro market, despite a week shortened by European holidays, churned out a steady diet of solid deals. The French election, credited with triggering the rally, is growing more distant but the bid for quality fixed income paper remains as healthy as ever.
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Egypt garnered a mammoth $11bn book this week, letting it boost the size of its tap to $3bn as investors bet on a better future for the country under the stewardship of the International Monetary Fund.
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Pricing in Europe's equity block trade market has tightened markedly, following large inflows of funds into European equities in the weeks since the first round of the French election, as investors queue up for more exposure to a continent primed for growth and now largely free of political risk, writes Aidan Gregory.
