Crédit Agricole

Société Générale has named a new head of DCM financial origination, a replacement for Sébastien Domanico, who left the firm in April.

Fnac held the bank meeting for its €1.35bn acquisition loan last week and aims to wrap up the deal by early June, according to a banker on the deal.

Danske Bank and Crédit Agricole were marketing similarly structured senior deals on Wednesday, but investors were more than happy to absorb them both.

Qatar National Bank will increase its loan from €1.5bn to €2.25bn, according to a banker close to the deal and top tickets receive all-in pricing of 126.7bp, according to a second banker.

Bank Muscat signed its $315m club loan late on Monday and all, barring one, of the lenders also arranged the bank’s bond issue last month.

Asia’s green debt market grew further this week with Axis Bank becoming the third Indian issuer to sell green bonds internationally. Although market participants expect more offshore FIG issuance from the country, there are internal and external headwinds to overcome.

New issue premiums in the European corporate bond market widened further on Monday , as all three issuers that printed paid elevated concessions for their deals.

Axis Bank is on track for its debut green bond, marking the third dollar green offering to be sold by an Indian borrower.

SNCF Réseau sold a dual tranche euro deal on Friday, its second benchmark of the year. The French agency is stepping up its benchmark activity in light of increased funding needs, according to a banker at one of the leads.

China Hongqiao Group is in the market for a $700m three year loan that was opened for syndication this week via seven bookrunners, according to bankers working on the deal.

The European Financial Stability Facility is the biggest confirmed name for euro issuance next week, with a wide variety of trade options open to it, according to bankers.

The Boston Retirement System (BRS) is suing five banks and four traders for allegedly conspiring to manipulate bid-ask spreads on SSA debt traded in the secondary market, increasing their profit at the expense of their clients.