Crédit Agricole
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Santander has appointed a new head of sustainable capital markets in London: Victoria Land, until recently head of APAC sustainable banking at Crédit Agricole in Hong Kong. -
France is preparing a 30 year OAT syndication, capitalising on a market that seems eager for paper that has snapped up an EFSF tap with an order book more than eight times subscribed.
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Frank Drouet, who left Société Générale's global markets business in 2019 after 30 years, has landed a role at rival Crédit Agricole.
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Prada, the Italian fashion house, has completed an amend and extend operation on its main bank revolving credit facility. Lenders say similar deals will make up the bulk of their business for the rest of the year.
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Renewable energy company Vena Energy was back in the bond market on Wednesday with a $175m tap of its debut green bond.
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Crédit Agricole has tapped Romain Voisin as head of the energy and infrastructure group for Asia, replacing Quentin Slight, who has relocated to London.
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UniCredit plans to make labelled financing a regular part of its funding across the group, following the launch of its debut labelled bond this week. Its first deal proved popular as it stacked up more than €3.25bn of demand.
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A trio of rare names made use of the attractive issuance conditions and strong appetite for credit to launch debut deals this week. Two of the borrowers — Illimity and Groupama — chose to print subordinated deals into this stable market, while Erste Bank Croatia sold its first public deal outside its home market.
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Voltalia, a French renewable energy company, has signed a €170m sustainability-linked loan, with the deal adding to the growing trend of second party opinion providers becoming a central part of ESG finance.
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Vinci, the French concessions and construction company, had Europe’s high grade corporate market to itself on Wednesday, with the borrower having an easier time slashing its spread for 10 year money during bookbuilding than lower rated issuers in recent days.
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Two infrequent names ventured into the euro market to print debut deals in subordinated formats on Wednesday. Italy's Ilimity bank raised €200m with its first tier two, while French insurer Groupama scooped €500m with its inaugural tier three bond.
