BNP Paribas

Like the film of the same name, investment bank 'matrix' structures make GlobalCapital’s head hurt, and become tedious when they’re repeated a few times. Trying to decipher which banker is responsible for which business becomes a complex head-scratcher. One imagines revenue-credit discussions are similarly painful.

DNB Bank priced its first public euro senior unsecured bond for more than four years on Friday, and became the latest bank to take as much as possible from its order book as conditions remain uncertain.

Banca Popolare di Vicenza came a step closer to launching its listing and capital increase this week, as it announced the date of a shareholder meeting to approve the deal.

A healthy pair of benchmarks this week and strong conditions mean the euro market is wide open for a pair of supranationals to bring planned deals next week.

Crédit Agricole explicitly backed the newly proposed type of French senior debt in its full year results this week, as support for the asset class appears to be spreading across the country’s financial institutions.

KfW this week printed its widest five year KfW dollar benchmark since 2009 as negative swap spreads took their toll on pricing despite an improving macroeconomic backdrop.

The French bank has simplified its investment banking structure, ending a year of uncertainty and turning the focus of its coverage teams away from London, writes David Rothnie.

Saverglass, the French bottle maker, has allocated its €365m loan at tight pricing with syndication not proceeding past the early bird stage.

Loans for ONGC Videsh and Saka Energi Indonesia have had commitments from banks, with the former likely to close at the end of this week.

SSA issuers have come through a battering time in markets to print euro deals, with Austria hitting the long end of the curve and BNG also printing. But the scars are showing as KfW is demonstrating in the dollar market.

Investors have only been offered a tap of a Bahrain bond in the CEEMEA primary market this week so far, but it has been far from quiet as other events and people moves in EM caught the eye.

Singapore-based wastewater treatment company Hyflux has returned to the loan market for a $300m triple currency refinancing.