Commerzbank

French automotive equipment supplier Faurecia on Tuesday printed a €200m tap of its €500 3.125% senior unsecured bond, then it returned to the high yield market for €100m more.

Steel-based goods manufacturer Voestalpine has signed a €900m loan consisting of a €600m revolving credit facility and a €300m term loan.

Stada, the unrated German generic and branded drugs maker, issued a €300m seven year bond on Tuesday, but failed to tighten the pricing, in tough market conditions.

Stada, the unrated German generic and branded drugs maker, has hired banks for a seven year euro bond.

An impressive order book allowed Allianz to ratchet in pricing on a new dated subordinated deal on Monday by as much as 15bp on initial price thoughts.

German automotive supplier Schaeffler AG on Thursday announced a €1.5bn-equivalent dual currency three tranche bond issue, designed to opportunistically refinance high coupon debt.

Commerzbank suffered from soft market conditions when selling a new three year trade on Tuesday, drawing only a small oversubscription despite offering what was judged to be an attractive premium.

Axis Bank, India’s third largest private lender, has signed a $300m loan with a club of six lenders.

Deutsche Annington (DAIG), the German housing company, has issued a €500m five year and a €500m 10 year bond.

Equity accelerated bookbuild activity was lively this week, reflecting generally buoyant stock markets and investors eager for paper as quantitative easing begins to bite.

Nationwide and Caixabank launched the only two covered bonds this week. Despite both issuers getting the funding they wanted, the final outcome was poor in comparison to past standards.

Swiss toilet maker Geberit issued a €500m six year bond on Thursday, as part of the long term funding of its Skr1.29bn (Sfr1.21bn) acquisition of Finland’s Sanitec.