Europe
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Vodafone has attracted a €2.5bn order book for a €750m five year bond, its first since negotiations over an asset swap with Liberty Global fell through.
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German Startups Group Berlin, a company that invests in digital technology start-ups, was finally listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Wednesday, having previously tried, and failed, to float there.
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WPP, the UK advertising firm, attracted more than €3bn of orders for its four year benchmark bond on Tuesday as investors showed they were willing to turn on the taps for the right deal.
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FCA Bank, the financing joint venture of Fiat Chrysler and Crédit Agricole, issued a €500m no-grow bond on Monday.
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Russian miners Polymetal and Russian Copper Company (RCC) have dug up two commodity-backed loans which are likely the tail-end of a meagre performance from the Russian loan market this year.
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Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone, the French motorways group, stayed with the defensive tactics of its previous bond issuance on Tuesday, raising a €500m 4.3 year floating rate note.
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Sky, the UK satellite and cable broadcasting group, brought a 10 year euro benchmark bond on Monday, pushing out for a longer maturity after a week when many issuers stayed with intermediate tenors.
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Senior SSA bond market figures are already banking on the European Central Bank extending its purchase programme to include German regions, the response to a State of Hessen benchmark seemed to show on Thursday. Virginia Furness reports.
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Evonik Industries, the German chemical company, has been a regular feature of the equity block trade market this year as CVC has sold down its stake, and what may turn out to be the last trade came on Monday night, when CVC sold 1.9% of the company.
