BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas boosted its investment banking revenues in 2014 compared with the previous year, but a fall in year on year revenues in the final quarter of last year took a shine off the figures.

Eltel Networks, the Swedish company that provides technical services for power, communication and transport networks, will close the book for its IPO at noon London time tomorrow.

Australian energy company AusNet Services has mandated four banks for its third euro bond.

Danube Foods Group, the Serbian packaged foods conglomerate, is raising a €300m loan to back its buyout by Mid Europa Partners.

The Luxembourg branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is planning its very first outing in the offshore debt market, having mandated banks for a US dollar Reg S offering.

Air Products and Chemicals priced a €300m 10 year bond on Tuesday - its fourth visit to the euro market, and in a familiar format.

Ford Credit Europe Bank, the US car maker’s European financing vehicle, found plenty of demand for a €650m three year floating rate note and a €650m seven year fixed rate bond on Tuesday.

Air Products and Chemicals, the US gases and chemicals producer, held an investor call today for a possible euro bond issue.

Telecommunication tower operator Solusi Tunas Pratama (STP) is looking to tap the bond market for the first time having mandated five banks for a series of investor meetings starting on February 4.

Philippine consumer food and beverage company Universal Robina Corp’s NZ$742m ($537.57m) loan has been allocated, with ten banks joining the syndication. The loan, which is for the company’s acquisition of New Zealand’s Griffin's Foods, received a good response thanks to the lack of top tier offshore deals out of the Phillipines.

The primary investment arm of the Qingdao municipal government – Qingdao City Construction Investment Group (QCCI) – is meeting investors starting on February 2 for what could be its first outing in the dollar bond market.

Altice on January 30 achieved a successful sale for its €4.8bn-equivalent bond package backing its takeover of Portugal Telecom.