Crédit Agricole

Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento’s (CAF) chief financial officer appeared relaxed at the prospect of rising interest rates in the US after the multilateral clinched a record low coupon and spread on its latest euro transaction.

Six borrowers raised nearly €5bn in the covered bond market this week, once again surpassing supply expectations. The star attraction, notable for both its size and tenor, was a €1.5bn three year from the Norwegian issuer, Sparebank 1 Boligkreditt.

RCI Banque, the finance subsidiary of Renault, kept the car industry's bond market revival going, by issuing a €500m no-grow bond on Thursday.

Société Foncière Lyonnaise (SFL) brought a €500m seven year offering to market on Thursday, bagging an order book over €3.5bn.

BNP Paribas defied the gloom that characterised the third quarter investment banking revenues reported by its French peers over the last week, all of which posted revenue falls in their investment banking divisions.

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RCI Banque, the finance subsidiary of Renault, has kept the car industry's bond market revival going, by issuing a €500m no-grow bond today.

Crédit Agricole’s corporate and investment banking unit, hampered by a sluggish market, is the sole black spot on otherwise solid third quarter results for the bank.

Tata Chemicals Europe’s £140m ($216m) dual-tranche facility has been launched into limited syndication, marking the borrower’s return to the syndicated loan market after a four year break.

Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has covered its IPO, which is set to raise at least €1.4bn, on the third day of the bookbuild.

Latin American development Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) clinched its tightest ever spread and coupon in the euro market on Tuesday with a five year deal that was larger than the borrower had initially intended.

Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, is seeking a valuation of €7bn to €8.76bn in its IPO, the bookbuild for which was opened today (Monday November 2), and will sell a 2% stake to Agricultural Bank of China. Goldman Sachs has joined the top line of the deal.