Intesa Sanpaolo

Sorgente Real Estate System, the Italian property company, today launched its initial public offering in Milan, according to a banker on the deal.

Intesa Sanpaolo’s inaugural AT1 note, which was priced 7.7% on Thursday, was hailed as an impressive trade by London bankers.

On Thursday Intesa Sanpaolo gave US FIG markets its first tier one trade since August and ABN Amro is set to price an AT1 sale next week. With markets looking healthy, more capital trades could follow later this month.

Intesa Sanpaolo will price a 10 year AT1 note this week, becoming the latest European bank to enter the capital market after ABN Amro announced its inaugural euro AT1 deal yesterday morning.

The privatisation IPO of Poste Italiane, set to be one of the highlights of the ECM calendar in the second half of 2015, took another step forward on Tuesday when the company filed its request for listing to Borsa Italiana and its prospectus to Consob for approval.

Banca IMI has hired a global loan syndication head to front its new London syndication desk.

Beni Stabili, the Italian property company largely owned by Foncière des Régions, priced on Thursday a €200m convertible bond at a 0.875% coupon and 32.5% conversion premium.

Deals for the Kenya Pipeline Company and the Itare Dam project provided a boost for the Kenyan infrastructure sector, but these types of deals move in slow motion according to bankers.

Russian iron ore producer Metalloinvest has signed a $750m pre-export finance facility, becoming the first Russian corporate borrower to follow Uralkali into the international syndicated loan market this year.

Italian construction firm CMC Ravenna has raised €306m from BNP Paribas and Intesa Sanpaolo to build the Itare Dam in Kenya, with most of the funds guaranteed by Italian export credit agency SACE.

Pilot fishing has begun for what could be one of the highest profile IPOs of 2015 – that of Poste Italiane, the Italian postal service.

Bologna Airport priced its IPO on Wednesday night after achieving a three times oversubscription, despite this week’s difficult market backdrop.