Europe

The Polish subsidiary of Commerzbank, mBank, has published the base prospectus for its €3bn covered bond programme, suggesting it could be ready to start a marketing drive leading to its first euro-denominated publicly syndicated deal.

Elke König, chair of the European Single Resolution Board (SRB), said this week that it would be "very wrong" to suggest that senior unsecured bonds would not be bailed-in if a bank starts to fail, after the asset class escaped unscathed from three rescues this month.

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) has become the third Canadian bank to take advantage of strong conditions in the sterling market this week, tapping one of its existing deals for £150m ($194.07m).

The European leveraged finance markets are licking their lips in anticipation of a new €2.5bn deal backing Bain and Cinven’s takeover of Stada Arzneimittel, the German generic drug manufacturer.

Landis & Gyr, the Swiss maker of energy meters, began bookbuilding on Wednesday for its IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange, which could reach Sfr2.4bn if it is priced at the top of its range, making it the largest in Switzerland for two years.

The head of Société Générale’s equity and derivatives trading business in the UK, Dan Cohen, has decided to leave the company, GlobalCapital can confirm.

Play Communications, the Polish mobile network operator, has narrowed the price range on its Z3.5bn ($1bn) IPO to Z36 to Z38, in the bottom half of the initial Z34 to Z44 range.

On Wednesday Aroundtown became the seventh property company in the last month to sell bonds in Europe. It followed the trend of its peers by extending the maturity profile of its debt with a €500m 8.5 year transaction.

Digital Realty used its Digital Stout Holding entity to sell a dual tranche sterling bond offering on Tuesday. The £600m raised from the two tranches will be used to rid DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) of existing debt.

Spain’s Principality of Asturias sold a pair of bonds on Wednesday, coming to market for only the fourth time since its debut six months ago, according to Dealogic. A Moody’s report published on Wednesday indicated that more Spanish regions are set to come to market.

The IPO of DoBank, the Italian non-performing loan manager, has been priced at €9 a share, a third of the way up the original €8.35 to €10.25 initial range, making the deal worth €312m, including the increase option, which was exercised in full.

Direct Energie, the French gas power stations group, raised €130m of new capital on Tuesday evening in a block trade, to finance its acquisition of renewable energy group Quadran for an initial €303m.