Germany

NRW.Bank and Unédic drew solid results in the latest BondMarker scores, with the French agency just pipping the German issuer with its overall average.

Substantial demand for shares in the Frankfurt listing of Knorr-Bremse, a German manufacturer of brake systems, has led bookrunners accelerate the listing.

ProCredit Holding, which owns a group of commercial banks focused on SME lending across Europe and South America, is planning to issue its debut green bond.

Chinese white goods maker Qingdao Haier is planning to kick off bookbuilding for a flotation of D-shares in mid-October, set to be the debut offering for the asset class.

After celebrating German Unity Day on Wednesday, Deutsche Telekom (DT) wasted no time in getting back to its capital markets work with its first visit to the sterling market in 18 months, satisfying some of the latent demand in the currency.

The Schuldschein market processed €8.3bn of deals in the third quarter — more than in the whole first half of 2018 — as rising interest rates and higher spreads in the bond market have brought borrowers back.

Steven Maijoor, the head of pan-European securities regulator ESMA, on Wednesday called for European firms' continued access to UK clearing houses (CCPs) after Brexit, to address potentially massive disruption to markets.

Berlin Hyp AG (BHH) has mandated joint leads for a roadshow to update investors on its green Pfandbrief programme, after which it plans to issue a €500m deal.

ING’s German subsidiary has issued its largest ever Pfandbrief, one of the biggest from a German borrower this year, which, in the context of a volatile market backdrop, was deemed a great success.

Jason Rothenberg, former head of MetLife’s corporate private placements in Europe, has returned to the US to start a new role at the institution.

NordLB has recently expanded its covered bond trading desk, hiring a dealer with considerable experience in the market.

Commerzbank is getting ready to sell its first green bonds, using the non-preferred senior format as a way of providing funding for renewable energy projects.