Crédit Agricole

KfW built a more than 2.5 times subscribed book on Thursday for its longest dated green bond ever, drawing praise despite tightening pricing by more basis points than is typical for the issuer.

KfW is back in the green bond game, after mandating banks for what Dealogic data shows will be its longest dated deal in the format yet.

Agence France Locale printed its second ever syndication on Wednesday, building an oversubscribed book for a seven year deal.

Nexity, the French property developer, was able to increase the size of its second convertible bond issue on Tuesday, as existing investors eagerly bought into the new deal.

Airbus’s defence electronics unit has launched a €425m term loan ‘B’ backing private equity firm KKR’s €1.1bn acquisition of the business.

One of Germany’s largest renewable energy project lenders has mandated banks for a debut green senior unsecured bond, which a banker involved in the trade labelled “greener than green”.

Aeronautics and space company Airbus on Monday offered investors a €1.5bn two tranche bond in a market that is becoming ever more issuer-friendly.

The €640m loan for German hardware manufacturer Stabilus will include a €115m bridge to equity facility.

Lenders have piled in with aggregate commitments well beyond the €1.5bn deal size for Qatar National Bank, as the lender swerved negative ratings actions against a number of Qatari banks.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank is getting ready to bring out a new $500m senior bond to the international debt market, picking four banks to work on the offering.

French motorways operator Autoroutes du Sud brought a €500m no-grow bond to the market on Wednesday, drawing in a €2.2bn order book.

Orange returned to the European benchmark bond market on Tuesday after a two year hiatus, as it issued a €750m nine year transaction that benefited from the company's infrequent issuance.