Commerzbank
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Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has opened its $250m three year debut syndicated loan to retail lenders after expanding the mandated lead arranger and bookrunner group. -
Spanish IT company Amadeus will complete its €500m revolving credit facility later this week with some changes to its bank group, according to a banker familiar with the deal.
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Covered bond activity slowed this week with only three deals emerging, half the number seen in the prior week, with Canadian issuers at the fore.
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Panama’s Global Bank eyes Asia liquidity — Indo Eximbank in $725m fundraising — Protelindo in bilateral talks
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Indonesian television broadcaster MNC Sky Vision has launched the senior syndication phase of its $275m two tranche borrowing.
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The primary covered bond market was active this week with as many as seven issuers raising more than €6bn, including the longest deal in over a year and a debut borrower in euros.
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A trio of public sector borrowers comfortably printed at the long end of the euro curve on Wednesday, but the deals suggested a slowdown in demand after a bumper April for the currency.
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A hungry euro market gorged on deals from France and the European Union on Tuesday, instilling confidence that a trio of trades on Wednesday’s menu will go well — despite two of them being in the same tenor.
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Eurogrid, the German electricity grid operator, took over €4bn of orders for a 12 year euro bond on Monday, as it took advantage of flattening at the long end of the curve.
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German automation equipment maker Schenck Process is returning to the loan market to refinance senior and mezzanine credit facilities with a €455m loan. It had to pull a €605m deal last June because investors thought the terms were too aggressive.
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South Africa’s Investec Bank expanded the syndicate for its latest loan from 17-20 banks, including two Chinese lenders.
