BNP Paribas

Italian defence contractor Finmeccanica has signed a €2.2bn revolving credit facility, €200m smaller than the 2010 facility being refinanced.

Deutsche Bank is set to hire BNP Paribas's Vikram Gandhi for its capital structuring team.

A new Italian corporate bond issuer entered the market on Wednesday, as 2i Rete Gas, the second largest gas distribution company after Snam, issued €1.35bn of five and 10 year paper.

BNP Paribas has named two senior executives to drive its fixed income business in Germany, as part of its decision six months ago to upgrade Germany to one of its domestic markets, alongside France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy.

Bank of China Paris Branch printed its debut CNH bond on Tuesday, issuing Rmb2bn ($322m) in a two and five year deal that attracted good demand from Europe. The bonds will be listed in Paris and Frankfurt.

Times Property Holdings has returned to the international bond market and released final guidance on its first dim sum bond. The substantial handle should attract strong support from yield hungry investors, according to bankers on the deal.

Acea, the Italian energy and water group based in Rome, issued a 10 year bond on Tuesday, following its more northerly peers Hera and Iren, which have issued respectively a 10 year and a seven year bond since late June.

Scentre, the new Australian listed property company that holds the Westfield Group’s Australian and New Zealand shopping centres, issued its first bonds today, and turned to the European market. Despite a weak day, it exceeded its target of €2bn, finding strong demand for a rare four tranche issue in euros and sterling.

Norwegian oil and exploration company Det Norske Oljeselskap signed a $3bn reserve-based lending facility on Tuesday.

Belgian food producer Continental Foods has set pricing on a €425m loan that will be used to pay a dividend to its owner, CVC Capital Partners.

Private healthcare group Generale de Santé will hold a bank meeting this week for a €1.75bn loan to back its takeover by Ramsay Santé.

Zurich Insurance opted to cast a wide net to catch as many investors as possible with its first senior Swiss franc print of 2014 on Tuesday, offering three tranches to sell a combined total of Sfr600m ($670.8m) of fixed and floating rate notes.