BNP Paribas

Swiss Re and UniCredit are looking to be the first out of the door in the post-summer subordinated debt market, taking advantage of the recent rally in credit after European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s comments earlier in the week gave investors confidence that the bank would enhance its measures to boost weak eurozone inflation.

BMW reopened the European benchmark investment grade corporate bond new issue market today with a punchy €1.75bn deal that proved one thing and suggested another. The market is fully open for business after the summer – that is certain. And the signs are that spreads – and especially yields – for corporate issuers are set for a very tight autumn.

Three more lenders have joined the $650m club loan for Indonesian gas distribution company Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN). Allocations for the fundraising are likely to be issued by this week, said bankers.

Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) tapped the three year leg of its dual tranche issue from May on Thursday morning, mirroring the syndication strategy it used to tap the deal’s seven year leg in July — aggressive pricing and doubling the size of the issue.

A total of 18 banks have piled into Taiwan Cement Corp’s $1bn fundraising, with syndication now closed. But despite the fact that the deal is close to two times covered, the borrower is unlikely to increase the final size.

A total of 18 banks have piled into Taiwan Cement Corp’s $1bn fundraising, with syndication now closed. But despite the fact that the deal is close to two times covered, the borrower is unlikely to increase the final size.

French investment firm Wendel will sell another subsidiary of Materis, the French admixture producer for concrete and cement, in a deal valued at €290m.

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Spanish private hospital operator Grupo Hospitalario Quirón shrugged off the demands of a strong lender’s market this week, in a €2.15bn deal that recalled the weight of CVC’s reputation among investors.

Luxembourg, which is gearing up to sell the first euro denominated sovereign sukuk, is set to meet investors in Asia, Europe and the Middle East at the end of September. It has hired a pair of banks to lead the project.

This week's postponement of cosmetics packager HCP Global’s $380m term loan B at first raised fears that US investors were growing weary of Asian credits. But with the delay put down to the macro backdrop rather than any anxiety about the issuer, bankers said Asian names will still find a good reception in the US if they have a story to sell, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.

Chinese smelter Yanggu Xiangguang Copper is looking for an offshore prepayment financing loan of $200m and has picked BNP Paribas to lead the deal.