Deutsche Bank

European Investment Bank received a warm welcome on Wednesday for its fourth euro benchmark outing of the year.

German consumer goods group Henkel touched negative yields as it tapped three currencies for a €2.2bn equivalent four tranche bond deal on Tuesday, pulling in a monster order book.

Belfius Bank has priced the first Belgian covered bond inside a French covered bond and with virtually no new issue concession.

The European Investment Bank will on Wednesday tackle a part of the euro curve where Finland drew a strong book last week, as the European Financial Stability Facility made light work of its funding needs for the third quarter.

Sanofi entered the European corporate bond market for the second time in a year on Tuesday, using its favoured triple tranche format and printing short dated notes with a negative yield.

R&R Ice Cream is scheduled to launch €1bn of loans this month as its joint venture with Nestlé’s ice cream business, Froneri, nears completion.

Demand for the €500m bond from Swedish property owner Hemso Fastighets on Tuesday confirmed Nordic momentum in the corporate market.

British American Tobacco issued the first corporate sterling bond of the autumn on Monday as it reached for tenor, tapping the market for a 36 year deal.

Chinese auto rental company eHi Car Services has signed up new lenders for its $150m loan that opened for retail participation in May.

Islandsbanki has become the first Icelandic bank to issue a benchmark bond in euros since the financial crisis.

Institutional investors turned out in force for Slovenia’s euro market return on Wednesday, allowing the sovereign to tighten pricing by more than 10bp.

Five banks raised more than $10bn in the senior unsecured dollar market this week, exploiting strong demand and at spreads that were in line with where covered bonds would have priced.