Germany
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Synlab, the French clinical services provider, achieved tight pricing on Tuesday for its leveraged loan. That bodes well for a September deal pipeline that has swelled to over €5bn. But bankers cautioned small deals may still have to fight for investor attention against large offerings like Stada’s €2bn loan. -
Kaufland, the German supermarket chain owned by Schwarz Gruppe, tripled its Schuldschein to over €900m, as the firm joins the ranks of German blue chips pushing the Schuldschein market's size to €100bn.
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Austria’s Hypo Vorarlberg made its first entry into the green bond market this week, clearing the path for future deals by not squeezing the price.
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Paragon, the German car parts company, is preparing to float Voltabox, its subsidiary that produces lithium ion batteries, through an IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) is preparing to sell a new green senior bond this week, as the pool of European banks involved with format expands.
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Sherwin-Williams, the US paint and coatings maker, has issued its debut Schuldschein for €245m. It is the first US company to come to the market this year.
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The Schuldschein market is booming, despite the credit setbacks it has suffered this year from struggling borrowers.
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Guarantor: Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
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A tremendously supportive SSA market brushed off Thursday’s European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, printing all the way up to the morning of the press conference by bank president Mario Draghi, writes Lewis McLellan.
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Capital Stage, the German renewable energy company, launched its first convertible bond on Wednesday, raising €97.3m. The deal came from a different corner of the CB world from the Qiagen transaction on the same day: it was a hybrid deal, structured to receive equity credit under IFRS.
