Crédit Agricole
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Birla Carbon, part of India’s Aditya Birla Group, has opened its $925m refinancing into general syndication via five mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. -
A trio of issuers from Finland and Sweden raised €3.5bn of funding in the covered bond market this week with strong receptions and limited spread concessions.
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ING Bank was able to price its debut euro green bond inside its regular senior curve on Tuesday, with bankers estimating a very slim premium for the well subscribed trade.
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The green bond market was home to a pair of firsts this week, as one seasoned issuer sold its first ever bond in any format at a tighter spread to US Treasuries than mid-swaps, and another made its debut in the SRI format.
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Abengoa is negotiating with five banks and Spain's government for a new €1.5bn credit facility, as the Spanish establishment has rallied round to save the debt-laden renewable energy engineering group, writes Victor Jimenez.
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FCA Bank, the financing joint venture of Fiat Chrysler and Crédit Agricole, issued a €500m no-grow bond on Monday.
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Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, made a smart stockmarket debut on Thursday, rising 3.6% in a falling market, after completing its €1.5bn IPO the previous day.
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LeasePlan, a leading fleet management firm, has placed a rare investor-led private medium term note in Czech koruna, while a French real estate company sold its largest ever MTN in Hong Kong dollars.
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BBVA issued a €1.25bn five year covered bond on Tuesday that attracted an order book unequaled in size in the Cédulas market since July.
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CEEMEA bond watchers rarely agree on Middle East perpetual pricing and National Bank of Oman (NBO) was no exception. Rival bankers and investors gave a range of estimates as to how much NBO was paying up for its debut additional tier one (AT1) transaction.
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National Bank of Oman has set initial price thoughts on a tier one perpetual note. Commercial Bank of Dubai’s new $400m five year senior deal, meanwhile, was down in the secondary market on Wednesday, but investors said the slide was down to wider market weakness.
