Europe

Barclays has appointed Anita Tanna as managing director and head of EMEA generalist and specialist cash sales in London, having hired her from Citi.

Bond market fintech company Origin has teamed up with clearing house operator Clearstream Banking to launch an “instant ISIN” feature to allow the automated allocation of codes to Eurobonds from frequent issuers.

Gazprom is set to access the Swiss franc market this week to sell its first trade in the currency for over three years.

Spain was the only public sector borrower to announce a euro new issue on Monday as it mandated banks for a 10 year syndication.

Several live IPOs in the market are struggling to gather enough momentum to reach pricing despite banks having notified the market that they have enough demand to cover the transaction.

HSBC Asset Management has hired an emerging markets debt portfolio manager from APG Asset Management.

The Republic of Slovenia revealed the mandate for its debut sustainability bond on Monday, just months after it impressed market participants with a 60 year bond.

Belarus's sovereign bonds tumbled on Monday morning at the prospect of further EU sanctions.

Anglian Water has announced its intention to issue a fresh private placement under a new financing structure. Utilities, once stalwarts of the market, have been few and far between in the last 18 months as PPs have struggled to compete with public bonds on price.

HSBC is installing a pair of senior bankers to oversee its recently created capital financing and investment banking coverage (CFIBC) unit — Adam Bagshaw, who was hired from Deutsche Bank last year, and Matthew Ginsburg, who joins from Fitch Ratings.

Banks have set a price range on the listing of Acciona Energia, the Spanish renewable energy company, valuing it at between €8.8bn and €9.8bn. The banks already have some indications of interest within the valuation range and the transaction is coming at a big discount to its main listed peer, but some ECM investors say they are likely to sit the deal out because they believe it to be too expensive at a time the IPO market is challenged.

This week's funding scorecard looks at the progress French agencies have made in their funding programmes.