Europe
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GlobalCapital is preparing to launch its Covered Bond Awards for 2021 and welcomes feedback from the market around which achievements should be recognised. -
Citi has appointed two co-heads of EMEA consumer products investment banking in London and a head of global luxury investment banking in Milan.
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Greenvolt, the Portuguese biomass energy operator, is preparing to go public on the Lisbon stockmarket, having announced its intention to float this week.
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Several FIG issuers across CEEMEA entered bond markets to raise cash this week. Meanwhile, the pipeline for bank issuance is strong as issuers take advantage of attractive market conditions to bolster reserves.
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Wells Fargo hires Marriott from NatWest Markets — Créd Ag MD to join BNP Paribas SSA desk — SEB SSA DCM head off to New York — AFT hires funding official from Crédit Foncier — Citi promotes CEEMEA debt bankers — HSBC AM adds EM debt portfolio manager — EM seller heads from Credit Suisse to Barclays — Deutsche Bank hires head of US CLO syndication from JPM — Senior securitized product banker leaves Barclays — USSIM poaches BlackRock head of European ABS — Together treasurer departs for Pepper — Barclays poaches from JP Morgan for real estate IB push — Barclays hires from MS for head of Nordic banking
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Three covered bonds issued this week from Korean Housing Finance Corp, Caffil and Oberbank were well received, but they would not have made it over the line without attractive new issue concessions.
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BNP Paribas printed its first green bond in dollars this week, as banks cranked out deals and activity nearly touched on last year’s pandemic-induced volumes.
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Anadolu Efes, the Turkish brewer, returned to the market this week to issue a new bond and launch a tender for its dollar debt. Investors say it is one of the more attractive credits from the country, despite domestic economic volatility.
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All eyes in the public sector bond market are on the European Union as it prepares to bring its second Next Generation EU bond to the market next week, just a fortnight removed from its debut transaction under the NGEU programme. Lewis McLellan and Burhan Khadbai report.
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