Europe

Pension Insurance Corporation has announced plans to issue its first restricted tier one (RT1) instrument as it looks to fund the growth of its business. Analysts at CreditSights suggest the deal could be priced with a coupon of about 7%.

The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON), which has responsibility for several upcoming proposals with huge consequences for banks and financial markets, is now struggling to attract members. Parliamentarians appear more concerned by environmental and civil liberties matters.

Emerging market consumer finance company Home Credit filed its draft prospectus in Hong Kong on Monday, setting its $1bn-plus IPO in motion, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

Tobam, the French asset manager, is ensuring its fixed income portfolios have carbon footprints at least 20% smaller than those of their reference benchmarks, extending a policy already in place for equity portfolios. It is focusing on the carbon footprint of issuers, rather than individual issues, meaning that it would ignore the specific environmental qualities of a green bond.

Former Lloyds Banking Group trader Christophe Coutte will join RBC Capital Markets as head of macro trading Europe.

This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress French agencies have made in their funding programmes as we reach the middle of July.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired a senior banker from UBS to manage its equity capital markets business in the German-speaking region.

Naftogaz hit screens on Friday to print three year dollars and five year euros, making it to market a day later than expected.

The financial institutions bond market is showing no signs of fatigue in Europe, with US financial services company Jefferies Group preferring euros over dollars for the first time since 2014 on Friday. There was some debate about fair value for its €500m deal, given the lack of outstanding comparables.

In this round-up, S&P Global’s wholly-owned China unit gave its first onshore rating to ICBC Leasing, Italy will strengthen ties with the Mainland through a Panda bond and Bond Connect volumes rise.

GlobalCapital invites market participants to nominate their favourite covered bond lead managers, issuers and deals by the close of play today. The shortlists will be decided this week-end and voted on by the market from the start of next week.

New issue premiums have been widening somewhat in Europe's corporate bond market in recent weeks, but Accent, a UK housing association, priced its debut bond at a level bankers said was tighter than where comparable issuers were trading.