BNP Paribas
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German cable company Tele Columbus is allocating a €435m leveraged loan that backs its acquisition of rival Primacom, setting outs its ambitions for consolidation in the sector. -
The European Investment Bank added another deal to its recent burst of issuance in euros on Monday, as a German state mandated banks for a €500m August 2019 deal.
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Lufthansa is set to make a third attempt at its debut hybrid bond, mandating banks on Monday for a deal that could be priced as soon as Tuesday.
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A strong global markets performance helped BNP Paribas post sharply improved second quarter results from a record loss last year, as the bank’s fixed income, currency and commodities revenues outdid its peers.
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David Spegel, head of EM research at BNP Paribas, has quit the firm after only just over a year at the bank.
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South Korea’s Kookmin Bank is sounding investors out for an upcoming covered bond that’s likely to hit the market as early as this week.
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Singapore-listed Frasers Centrepoint (FCL), which raised a £300m ($468.5m) five year loan from Barclays, BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered to fund the acquisition of boutique hotel chain Malmaison Hotel du Vin, has opened the loan into wider syndication.
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Numericable set final pricing on its €800m leveraged loan late Monday, in a refinancing transaction that bankers said yielded few surprises with its speed and success.
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Deutsche Boerse revived the euro hybrid market on Thursday, selling the first such deal in the currency in three months and gathering a hefty order book in the process.
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Stahl, the Dutch provider of chemicals for leather processing, has postponed its €585m refinancing and dividend payment loan after being jostled out of the market by competition.
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IBM and National Grid North America both took to the sterling market to sell tightly priced deals this week, showing there is arbitrage on offer for dollar funders — though both issuers kept their deals small.
