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Austrian construction firm Porr has become the first Schuldschein borrower in 2019, launching a pair of deals totalling €150m that are offered in three maturities. The deal was launched on Monday, and some of it is for green projects. -
Bankers have confirmed that Qatar National Bank has entered the second phase of syndication to refinance an existing €2.25bn facility due for maturity in May 2019.
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ING Groep was set to raise €1bn of senior notes for the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) on Monday, showing for the first time in 2019 what kind of a premium issuers may have to pay to complete new unsecured deals in euros.
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The corporate bond market saw its second day of issuance in the new year on Monday when French multi-utility Veolia and Belgian electricity grid operator Elia sold new deals.
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Qatar’s Doha Bank has closed a $525m unsecured facility as lenders demonstrated healthy appetite for the small and politically isolated Gulf country.
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Russian Copper Co (RCC) has closed a $250m five year credit facility, marking the second refinancing that RCC has secured this year. The tight margin sparked a sliver of optimism in the market.
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ING completed a deal in the Tokyo Pro-Bond market this week, raising over $1bn equivalent on a week in which it could not find acceptable demand in dollars. It was also able to distribute notes to regional banks before debt counting towards total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC) weighs more heavily on those buyers’ balance sheets.
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A short surge in risk appetite on Monday was not durable enough for ING Groep to proceed with a dollar tier two bond transaction on terms it felt were reasonable this week. The Dutch firm became the latest FIG issuer to pull a trade after announcing initial price thoughts.
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Element Materials Technology, the UK materials testing company owned by Bridgepoint, was looking for a small loan extension this week, and seeking consent from its investors for higher leverage ratios under the loan covenants.
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Austrian oil and gas company OMV sold its first senior corporate bonds of 2018 on Monday after it attracted €3.9bn of demand for a pair of €500m notes with five year and 10 year tenors.
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French postal operator La Poste saved the corporate bond market in Europe from registering a blank week when it sold its first green bond last Friday. On Wednesday, Deutsche Post followed its peer’s lead by announcing a deal with the same tenor.
