DZ Bank
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Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) will complete senior syndication of its $1.8bn annual loan and launch the general phase next week, according to a lead banker. -
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Caja Rural de Castilla-La Mancha this week issued the first Cédulas in more than two months and swept aside concerns that peripheral issuers would need to pay lavish new issue concessions.
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DG Hyp and Deutsche Hypo launched the only two benchmark covered bonds of the week, and though both deals were priced tightly, they attracted a lot of demand.
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One of Germany’s largest renewable energy project lenders has mandated banks for a debut green senior unsecured bond, which a banker involved in the trade labelled “greener than green”.
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Amadeus, the Spanish airline ticketing systems group, has signed a €500m revolving credit facility with a group of 12 banks, bringing in two new lenders as two dropped out.
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Covered bond activity slowed this week with only three deals emerging, half the number seen in the prior week, with Canadian issuers at the fore.
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Eurofima was the sole issuer testing the euro waters on Monday, with bankers expecting a quiet second half of the month in the market after a frantic start to April in which issuers placed 12 benchmark deals.
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The European Investment Bank and the European Union kicked off April by printing impressive benchmark deals, yet despite this strong start to the quarter SSA bankers fear that a combination of the threat of a Brexit and the low yields on offer in the euro market will make conditions extremely challenging for issuers.
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