Goldman Sachs
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Allied Irish Banks (AIB) sold its sophomore green bond on Monday, printing €750m of senior paper at a spread flat to fair value and close its Irish peers. -
Chinese health insurance and healthcare crowdfunding platform Waterdrop has raised $360m after pricing its US IPO at the top of the marketed range.
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EQT achieved a strong response from investors on Friday when it launched the first sustainability-linked bond from a private equity firm, and only the second from a financial company. The €500m deal is tied to greenhouse gas emission cuts and gender diversity metrics.
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Banque Internationale à Luxembourg issued its first tier two capital bond for almost five years this week, opting for a private sale.
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Green bonds took centre stage in the US corporate bond market this week, as issuance began to mount again after the recess for earnings blackouts. No less than three deals paired green and conventional tranches.
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Bank of America has hired a managing director from Goldman Sachs to help lead a new team in its UK investment banking division that aims to increase the bank’s coverage of private and emerging growth companies.
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Eni, the Italian oil and gas company, got its chunky €2bn hybrid capital issue comfortably oversubscribed on Tuesday, after a similar success for Orange last week. Corporate bond investors are piling money into anything that offers higher returns.
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JD Logistics has begun pre-deal investor education for its multi-billion-dollar Hong Kong listing, having won approval from the city’s bourse last Friday.
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China’s Waterdrop, a health insurance and healthcare crowdfunding platform, has opened the book for an up to $360m New York Stock Exchange IPO.
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Greek banks are making the most of exuberant conditions in the financial markets in 2021, with Eurobank spying a golden opportunity to return to the senior FIG bond market this week. The next milestone is the country’s first additional tier one and, having just breezed through an equity raise, Piraeus is a prime candidate to open the market. Frank Jackman and Sam Kerr report.
