BNP Paribas

Three companies on Tuesday added to the prospects for corporate bond issuance in Europe this week. Bolloré and RWE are set to complete deals roadshowed in June while Eurofins scientific has given a new mandate.

BNP Paribas has hired Alex Karolev from HSBC for emerging market syndicate.

Time Warner issued a well received eight year euro bond on Tuesday, as it finally pulled the trigger on a trade that was first mandated at the end of April.

World Bank joined a swarm of issuers looking to print in the dollar market with a mandate on Tuesday for the first 10 year benchmark in seven weeks.

Tata Steel is looking to reprice a $3.1bn refinancing it sealed in 2014 and has asked banks on that deal for feedback. Although the loan is not performing remarkably in secondary, the company will be able to cut costs thanks to its solid banking relationships, said a source who worked on the 2014 borrowing.

Cellnex Telecom, the broadcasting tower business floated by Abertis Infraestructuras in May, marketed and sold its first bond issue on Monday, raising €600m.

Leveraged loans of €725m backing the merger of French private healthcare groups Vedici and Vitalia are being marketed at a bank meeting today.

A French agency is the latest SSA issuer preparing to tap a dollar market that is in good health — although not every point on the curve may be open for borrowers wishing to follow this week.

Austrian insurer Uniqa Group has launched a €500m subordinated note, its first appearance in the market since 2013.

Stahl, the Dutch provider of chemicals for leather processing, has launched €585m of leveraged loans to refinance debt and pay a dividend.

Aéroports de Paris reopened the corporate bond market on Wednesday after two weeks’ silence, using an attractive new issue premium to amass a hefty order book for a €500m deal.

Altice accelerated the deadline on its refinancing exercise this week, bringing forward the deadline for commitments to just three days after the deal was launched.