Crédit Agricole
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LBBW and Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) were met with muted demand on Monday morning as the pair ventured into a busier, yet weaker market in search of senior non-preferred debt. -
MTN issuance out of Asia and Sweden provided some of the week’s bright spots in what was otherwise a quiet start to the year. With the public market now in full swing, bankers expect the private placement market to get up to speed in the coming weeks.
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Banco Sabadell cut a lone figure on Friday as it ventured out into a quieter market to print a €500m tier two — its first bond since the proposed merger with BBVA fell through last November,
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Bank of China sold its debut transition bond on Thursday, giving the still nascent market a big boost by opting for a dual currency dollar and renminbi deal.
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Hong Kong-listed Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group and China Hongqiao Group have added to the burst of convertible bond activity in the first week of 2021, raising a combined $900m from the equity-linked market on Thursday.
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Yankee issuers stormed into the US dollar market to lock in record low levels of funding, despite this week’s turmoil in Washington, DC.
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Spain’s Abanca sold the year’s first subordinated deal in euros on Thursday, when it issued a perpetual non-call 5.5 year additional tier one (AT1) bond to help optimise its capital structure.
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BMW set Europe's investment grade corporate bond market off to a flying start for the year on Monday, printing €1.5bn of debt at or inside fair value.
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Lagardère, the French book publisher and travel retail company, has signed a €465m short term government-backed loan and extended its revolving credit facility, as the company shuffles its loan liabilities amid a plunge in revenue.
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Crédit Agricole has named Victoria Land as its new head of sustainable banking for Asia Pacific.
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Damien Loynes' syndicate responsibilities at Crédit Agricole have been expanded.
