Germany
-
Axel Springer's shareholders have given a green light to a public-to-private takeover offer from KKR, which values the German media company at €6.7bn. -
FMS Wertmanagement has made an internal appointment for the new head of its treasury, following the departure of Tim Armbruster in July.
-
Analysts at Danske Bank have said that Moody's could raise Portugal's credit rating this week even, amid signs of a weakening European economy. Such a move would have a knock-on impact for the country's banking industry, which has shown clear progress in improving its asset quality.
-
Sibanthracite to switch loan from dollars to euros — IGT cuts size, stretches tenor of bank debt — Keywords hits power up on revolver — Resolute turns to lenders to refi M&A debt — Future taps revolver for Smartbrief buy — Fraport enters the Schuldschein market for more
-
The head of equity capital markets for the German speaking region at Bank of America Merrill Lynch has left the bank and retired after more than two decades in the investment banking industry.
-
GlobalCapital's latest information on forthcoming and planned corporate bond issues in the European market.
-
Porsche AG, maker of Porsche sports cars, closed a green Schuldschein this week, with pricing and allocation set for Friday. The final size is rumoured to be €1bn, with an order book far exceeding that.
-
Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg hit screens on Monday to sell a pair of green hybrid bonds, returning to the green bond market to follow up on its October 2018 debut.
-
Fraport, which operates Frankfurt airport and has stakes in several other airports, has entered the Schuldschein market for a second time this year, with an initial target of €200m.
-
The World Bank placed its first Hong Kong dollar deal of its 2019/2020 funding year last week. The supranational chose to link the private placement to the Hibor benchmark, a now little seen structure that was likely the result of a "very specific enquiry", according to one MTN banker away from the deal.
-
-
