Intesa Sanpaolo

Bonds issued by Italy’s most prominent banks surged in value on Wednesday, after S&P upgraded the credit ratings of 11 of the country’s financial institutions.

Moody's expects Agrokor's creditors to recover at the low end of the 35% to 65% range on average, and that unsecured bondholders will get less than 35% of what they are owed.

The IPO of Pirelli, the Italian tyre company, has been priced at €6.50, the bottom of the revised range, valuing the business at €6.5bn.

Despite being a small financial institution issuing in sub-benchmark size, Denmark’s Jyske Bank was able to price its first additional tier one (AT1) deal in euros with the lowest ever coupon rate for a bank in the Nordic region. The deal bodes well for rarer names looking to fill up on regulatory capital.

Pirelli, the Italian tyre maker, has revealed the price range for its IPO in Milan, which could surpass the €3bn flotation of Allied Irish Banks in June as the biggest IPO in Europe this year - if the deal is priced near the top of the range and the greenshoe is exercised.

Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit have sold their stakes in Eramet, the French mining and metallurgy company, which they had acquired as a result of the debt restructuring of the Carlo Tassara vehicle in 2016.

Banca Intesa has found relief from its efforts to offload a €5.2bn loan it made to Glencore and Qatar Investment Authority for the acquisition of a 19.5% stake in Rosneft, eight months after it fully underwrote the debt.

Dubai’s Department of Finance has taken out a $1.1bn syndicated loan to finance the expansion of the city's metro line, as part of its plan to host the World Expo 2020.

Qatar Investment Authority and Glencore have agreed to sell a 14.16% stake in Russian oil company Rosneft, out of their jointly held 19.5% stake, to Chinese energy company CEFC China Energy.

After months of preparation, one of this year's most highly anticipated European IPOs got going on Monday, when Pirelli, the 145-year old Italian tyre maker, announced its intention to float on Borsa Italiana.

Intesa is expecting to close its €5.2bn syndicated loan deal to finance Qatar Investment Authority and Glencore’s acquisition of a 19.5% stake in Rosneft by mid-September after much delay.

European banks are expected to call the first generation of Basel III compliant additional tier one (AT1) instruments, as a prolonged rally in the asset class has made refinancing conditions very attractive for issuers.