Europe

Brussels Airport is looking to sell US private placements, according to market sources. It is the first European airport to try its luck in the market since the coronavirus reached Europe.

A new fund focused on renewable energy infrastructure is preparing to brave US election volatility by launching a £200m ($260m) IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

This week in Keeping Tabs: the role of debt management offices in green policy, and an update on EU countries' use of capital markets.

Rising coronavirus cases and circling uncertainty around the upcoming US election is driving the Swedish krona market towards higher rated, domestic names.

This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their 2020 funding programmes at the end of October.

ING has appointed Uday Sareen as head of wholesale banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

New national lockdowns in France and Germany smashed secondary equity markets this week, but ECM bankers are confident that as the shock subsides there will still be deals to do.

Ile-de-France Mobilités is coming to market for a 15 year euro benchmark, set to become one of several French borrowers expected before the end of the year.

Shares in Spanish solar equipment maker Soltec Power have surged in the aftermarket despite the immense market volatility this week sparked by a surge in coronavirus cases across the European continent, amid huge investor interest in the renewable energy space.

Naveed Sultan will develop and lead a new digital policy, strategy and advisory practice for governments, corporates and financial institutions at Citi, and has been appointed chairman in the bank's institutional clients group (ICG).

Perenna has applied to become the first UK covered bond bank and plans to issue 30 year fixed rate mortgages next year, using the Danish covered bond system that limits mismatches between the terms of the mortgages and the bonds that fund them.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden each present a different set of medium-term risk factors for emerging markets if they win next week’s US presidential elections. But the US Federal Reserve’s promise to keep rates lower for longer — combined with unprecedented monetary policy support from other developed market central banks — should provide a cushion that is more relevant to EM bonds than the Oval Office’s occupant. Mariam Meskin and Oliver West report.