BNP Paribas
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The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait has released price guidance for its first bond for five years.
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Emirates NBD has released price guidance for a euro benchmark which bankers hope will act as a market opener for Middle East banks, but the talk looks generous, according to rivals.
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APT Pipelines, the Australian oil and gas pipeline company, issued €2.19bn equivalent of euro and sterling bonds today - an unusually big and complex corporate bond for a Friday. -
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Beijing Infrastructure Investment printed its first ever euro bond on March 12, raising €500m ($529m) with a three year transaction.
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Issuers across the credit spectrum were seen in covered bonds this week with Münchener Hypothekenbank pricing the tightest 10-year deal ever while Bankia priced a 10 year with one of the widest spreads seen this year.
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Coventry Building Society became the first UK issuer to spurn the conventional three year sterling floating rate covered bond sector, and following its recent roadshow, sold a five year floating rate sterling benchmark covered bond on Tuesday.
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Vattenfall, the Swedish state energy company, has issued €1.65bn equivalent of hybrid bonds in Swedish kronor and euros.
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries kicks off investor meetings in Europe next week. The borrower is looking to issue its first euro denominated bond since 2012.
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French insurance broker Siaci Saint Honore launched its €285m acquisition loan this morning (Wednesday) and will guide pricing at a Monday bank meeting.
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Faurecia, the French car parts supplier, sold its €500m unsecured bond on Tuesday to yield 3.125%, joining a parade of high yield cost-saving refinancing issues in March.
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Canada is taking indications of interest on a three year dollar benchmark, amid a busy week of SSA issuance in the currency.
