Crédit Agricole

Crédit Agricole took advantage of a relief rally in OATs to issue a €1.5bn covered bond on Tuesday which, by virtue of its seven year tenor, offered a larger pick-up to Bunds than any other maturity.

Donald Trump’s shock victory in the US presidential elections was no obstacle to Santander’s Chilean arm as the bank became the first issuer from the South American country to raise financing in Taiwan’s Formosa market.

Donald Trump’s shock victory in the US presidential elections was no obstacle to Santander’s Chilean arm as the bank became the first issuer from the South American country to raise financing in Taiwan’s Formosa market.

Potential lenders to the Z4.8bn loan for the leveraged buyout of Polish firm Allegro will meet in Warsaw on Thursday where the deal will be launched into general syndication.

French banks could be free to issue tier three capital this month, as a new law establishing terms and conditions for the new asset class enters the final phase of the country’s legislative process.

Equity specialists marvelled again this week at the capacity of markets to surprise, as despite a strongly held consensus that shares would tumble if Donald Trump won the US presidency, the New York stockmarket actually rose.

The German Pfandbrief issuer ING-DiBa quickly executed a €500m 10 year mortgage backed deal on Tuesday, hours before US election headlines hit the screens, even though it had not been in the market since 2012.

The German Pfandbrief issuer quickly executed a €500m 10 year mortgage backed deal on Tuesday hours before US election headlines hit the screens, even though it had not been in the market since 2012.

The German Pfandbrief issuing subsidiary of the Dutch bank, ING Diba, is expected to open books for a 10 year mortgage backed deal, its first in three years.

Syndication for the refinancing of $1.235bn of loans for commodity trader Gunvor has closed, with lenders making “significantly oversubscribed” commitments, while competitor Trafigura faces a €2bn maturity this month.

Nine banks have been mandated to arrange the financing for the leveraged buyout of Polish online marketplace Allegro, and a senior loan will be launched into syndication later this month.

Caja Rural Navarra is planning the first green covered bond of the year. It follows a trio of covered bonds issued by Australian banks and the first transaction to be issued from Nordea in more than a year.