BNP Paribas

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.

BPCE, the French banking group, sold a €151m block of shares in Nexity, the French real estate firm, on Tuesday evening, as it continued to implement its plan to divest non-core assets.

Deutsche Boerse is set to break a long fallow patch for the euro hybrid market, conducting an investor call on Wednesday for a deal in the format that could price as soon as Thursday.

IBM dipped into the sterling market on Wednesday for a small but sharply priced seven year print. While some expected a larger deal size than £300m, they agreed that the deal was a positive sign for a market that has seen declining supply in 2015.

Export Development Canada leapt into the dollar market on Wednesday to get a $500m print away in line with its secondary curve.

BNP Paribas has expanded the responsibilities of some of its senior CEEMEA DCM bankers, helping to fill spaces left open by departures, the most recent being Kirill Golikov.

BNP Paribas has named a new head of country for Vietnam and chief executive officer of its Ho Chi Minh City branch.

Agence Française de Développement sold a dollar syndication on Tuesday, but with the latest statement from the US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee due on Wednesday further deals are unlikely this week, said SSA bankers.

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.

A French agency was first out of the blocks in the dollar market this week with a $500m no-grow mandate — but SSA bankers believe there could also be opportunities in larger size.

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.

Marketing began this week for leveraged loans of €725m backing the merger of French private healthcare groups Vedici and Vitalia.