BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is seeking to revive the re-IPO of its Polish subsidiary, which it was forced to pull last year amid a domestic buyers' strike.

Another blowout deal from an Indian credit took place this week as State Bank of India’s return to the dollar market saw orderbooks six times oversubscribed for the dual tranche offering. Proving India’s outlook is still on the up, the issuer printed well inside its existing curve.

The fastest book build one syndicate banker has ever seen helped Endesa Chile to a first international bond in nearly two decades on Thursday as a universal tightening in LatAm credit entices borrowers from the region into the market at a rapid rate.

Anglo American priced its first dollar bond for two years on Tuesday – only the third Yankee bond this year from a UK-headquartered issuer.

Monier has sold its €565m of bonds and loans in floating rate products only. The French roof tile maker priced €315m of high yield FRNs and €250m of term loans and scrapped a fixed rate bond tranche, even though fixed rate interest would have been marginally cheaper.

Caisse Centrale du Crédit Immobilier de France (3CIF) sold its first government guaranteed benchmark bond this week. Good investor interest allowed the issuer to complete about a quarter of its funding target for 2014, despite what some bankers felt was an aggressive level over government bonds.

Sydney Airport launched its first bond in Europe on Thursday, achieving a successful distribution at pricing more attractive than it could have obtained with a deal in sterling — in some ways the obvious market for a long dated, secured infrastructure bond.

ProSiebenSat.1 Media, the German television company previously owned by KKR and Permira, issued on Thursday its first bond in its new guise of an investment grade-style company.

Giant Investment pushed the play button on its fundraising this week, launching an $850m loan on Wednesday to back the going-private of New York-listed online game developer Giant Interactive. The deal will shine a light on the comfort level of lenders for gaming credits — and if all goes well it is likely to set a precedent for other names to follow, writes Rashmi Kumar.

Monier has sold its €565m of bonds and loans in floating rate products only. The French roof tile maker priced €315m of high yield FRNs and €250m of term loans and scrapped a fixed rate bond tranche, even though fixed rate interest would have been marginally cheaper.

With Indian credits now back in favour, State Bank of India looks set to make a positive re-entry into the dollar market.

Icade, the French property company owned by Caisse des Depots et Consignations, returned to the bond market today with a €500m no-grow seven year bond that was five times oversubscribed.