Europe
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David Miller has become the new chief executive of Credit Suisse’s investment banking and capital markets (IBCM) unit, replacing James Amine. -
The European Union’s finance ministries are nearing a deal on the draft legal text for central clearing counterparty (CCP) resolution. But they still disagree on the use of CCPs’ own funds in a recovery scenario, as well as on voting rights for smaller states in a resolution college.
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The IPO of DNEG, the UK-based motion picture visual effects company, is being well received among investors, following the launch of book-building last week. While banks are yet to send a covered message they are confident in the transaction and are meeting US investors this week.
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Royal Dutch Shell’s choice this week of a tight syndicate, heavy with US banks, to lead $4bn and €3bn of bonds has laid bare the sense of vulnerability among banks outside the US bulge bracket, as some expressed resentment at being left out of a lucrative and prestigious mandate.
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SEAS-NVE has sold around a quarter of its stake in Ørsted, the Danish renewable energy company that was privatised in 2016, raising Dkr5.33bn (€741m).
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Royal Bank of Scotland launched its debut social bond on Friday, attracting over €2bn of orders for its €750m offering. The trade benefited from a favourable backdrop in the primary market and an increased appetite for UK credit caused by a scarcity of issuance from the country this year.
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At its results presentation on Thursday, UniCredit's CEO Jean Pierre Mustier scotched rumours that it was planning to set up a new German holding company and revealed instead plans for a holding company in Italy, designed to make its organisational structure more efficient for regulatory capital and resolution purposes.
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Valdis Dombrovskis, who is in line to be executive vice-president of the new European Commission, said this week that he would soon deliver on the promise of Ursula von der Leyen, the incoming president, who said in July that she intended “to put forward a strategy for green financing”.
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KfW’s inclusion of ESG ratings in a term sheet might seem a superficial step — just one more disclosure of another piece of publicly available data — but it is a step towards a more sensible system of socially responsible investment.
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KfW made a simple but potentially significant step in the evolution of bond markets this week as it became the first borrower to highlight its environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings in term sheets for a bond issue, from the mandate announcement to the final pricing details. SSA bankers and issuers have applauded the move and other public sector borrowers are looking to follow, writes Burhan Khadbai.
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A pair of public sector borrowers hit the dollar market this week, pulling off strong deals at three and five years. Both enjoyed a clear field as euro-based borrowers stuck to their home currency thanks to an unpalatable basis swap rate.
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