Commerzbank

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Commerzbank gave investors a rare taste of operating company level senior debt on Tuesday, as banks get in ahead of potential macro and political risks.

Compagnie de Financement Foncier (CFF) enjoyed a strong reception for its fourth covered bond of the year, the seventh 10 year issue in little over two weeks. Despite the surfeit of 10 year supply and meagre spread to OATs, the transaction was smoothly executed.

China Huarong Asset Management is preparing to return to the debt market, mandating firms for a perpetual Reg S offering.

Compagnie de Financement Foncier has mandated leads for the first French covered bond since mid-June, the bank’s fourth this year and the sixth 10 year in two weeks.

Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich has mandated joint leads for its first benchmark euro covered bond and the Bank of Queensland has hired leads to explore options for a potential structure.

Türk Ekonomi Bankasi (TEB) and Vakifbank have adopted margin ratchets in their latest loans as a swathe of Turkish banks face ratings downgrades.

The German lender has appointed leads to market its first senior unsecured green deal from next week.

Turk Ekonomi Bankasi (TEB) has signed a $567m loan, led by seven bookrunners, which includes the same margin ratchet as other Turkish banks Akbank and Vakifbank.

General Motors Financial, the financing subsidiary of the US automotive giant, hit the European corporate bond market with speed on Wednesday as it issued a benchmark transaction.

A surfeit of supply hit the long end of the covered bond curve this week as issuers piled in to take advantage of extraordinarily cheap funding conditions that are unlikely to last long. Bill Thornhill reports.

The gap to repay a €2.7bn bridge facility that supports HeidelbergCement's purchase of Italcementi is set to close once the former cashes in the sale of its West Virginia factory.