BNP Paribas

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.

African ECM bankers hailed the completion of an innovative cross listing of Nigerian oil and gas firm Seplat on Wednesday, laying the foundations for a growth in Nigerian ECM as investor sentiment towards the country grows.

PSA Peugeot Citroën has signed a €3bn dual tranche loan to refinance early a loan maturing in 2015.

Uruguay-headquartered Navios South American Logistics and Peruvian Abengoa Transmisión Sur joined the ranks of Latin American borrowers taking advantage of strong issuance conditions in dollar markets with well-bid deals on Tuesday.

Chinese company Giant Investment, which is taking private online game developer Giant Interactive, has opened up its $850m leveraged buyout loan to the market, with a starting margin of 450bp over dollar Libor.

Woori Bank has picked banks for what would be South Korea’s first US dollar Basel III offering.

French mortgage lender Caisse Centrale du Crédit Immobilier de France is set to sell its first government guaranteed benchmark on Tuesday afternoon, a five year bond.

A loan of up to $1.8bn for Russian telecoms company Vimpelcom has been rushed through signing so quickly that a senior loan banker who had been working on the deal did not know it had been completed.

Malaysia’s much discussed IPO pipeline is finally showing signs of life, as 7-Eleven prepares to price next week and Icon begins the cornerstone process ahead of premarketing at the end of April.

Two airport companies and one broadcaster are seeking to issue euro bonds, as new issuance has slowed after an exceptionally busy period.