BNP Paribas

ZF Friedrichshafen is preparing to launch its long-awaited first public bond, to refinance its acquisition of TRW Holding of the US last year.

The management team of Indonesian property developer Hanson International is planning to meet investors in Singapore next week to gauge their appetite ahead of a follow-on offering to raise $200m-$250m.

Siaci Saint Honoré, the French insurance broker, has tightened pricing on a €285m acquisition loan and is due to allocate the facility today (Friday).

The senior unsecured market saw a spark of life despite the holiday shortened week, with €4.66bn equivalent getting away in two business days.

If one was thinking of a similar pair of European corporate bond issuers, Unibail-Rodamco and Klépierre, the French property companies, might come high on the list. On Wednesday they both issued bonds — but the coincidence appeared to do neither issuer any harm.

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UK information and events group Top Right is finalising its £435m-equivalent refinancing loan in dollars and euros, with pricing likely to finish within the initial guidance range.

ABN Amro, a regular in the private placement market where it often sells shorter dated senior debt, took to the longer end of the spectrum with a euro denominated deal that brought in orders exceeding €2.25bn.

BNP Paribas’s radical restructuring has simplified its investment bank. Now it has a plan to boost its corporate finance business, writes David Rothnie.

Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB) has mandated five banks to arrange a dollar Reg S bond — BNP Paribas, Citi, Commerzbank, ING, and Standard Chartered Bank.

Shinhan Bank’s red hot $600m five year bond this week impressed the market with its top notch pricing and timing. The $4bn order book was certainly eye catching, but observers were also won over by how the deal was able to shock a subdued Korean DCM market back into life.

BNP Paribas has made an experienced hire to its foreign exchange trading business in London.