BNP Paribas

Banca Popolare di Vicenza has filed a request for admission of its shares on Borsa Italiana, ahead of a shareholder vote to approve the bank’s IPO and capital increase.

BP on Monday became the first big oil company to brave Europe's corporate bond market this year, as it issued a €2bn dual tranche bond.

Two European sovereigns mandated for benchmark bonds in euros on Monday leading what is expected to be a scramble to get in and out of the primary market before the European Central Bank meeting on March 10.

BNP Paribas Investment Partners has hired Luther Bryan Carter as head of emerging market fixed income.

Not all emerging markets bond bankers may agree with the strategy — with certain deal-hungry New York dealers particularly vociferous in their opposition — but Latin American sovereigns are placing increasing faith in the euro market for their international funding, writes Oliver West.

This week the Schuldschein market completed what could be its second largest deal ever, for Aldi subsidiary Hofer, and also launched its first two green deals — in what looks like another impressive year for the market.

The long end of the euro curve is wide open for public sector borrowers, after a pair of issuers printed deals this week and speculation grew that further central bank stimulus is on the way.

3i and BNP Paribas, two of the largest shareholders in Eltel Networks, launched a block trade for 15% of the business on Thursday night.

Following a busy period in which KfW and Nordic Investment Bank priced deals, African Development Bank (AfDB) was the sole issuer to hit the market this week for a benchmark deal in dollars.

Even though the Swiss franc/dollar cross currency swap has been trading in negative territory through January and February, Amgen, the US biotechnology company, made an impressive debut in Swiss francs this week with a seven year bond, the largest in the currency this year.

Unédic joined a mini resurgence in the 10 year part of the euro curve with the third new issue in the tenor in two weeks, following a one month dearth of supply.

State Bank of India has picked banks for a fresh $500m fundraising that is expected to launch into syndication in the next couple of weeks.