JP Morgan
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Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) kicked off FIG issuance in the last week before Easter, dropping into the euro market to print a new five year preferred deal. -
BNP Paribas has leapfrogged JP Morgan to become the top bookrunner in EMEA loans this quarter, with the French bank almost doubling its market share. But this increase has yet to play out in the bank’s bond bookrunning activities in the region.
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JP Morgan has appointed two new co-heads of EMEA equity syndicate to replace Lorenzo Soler, who moved back to the US to run the bank’s Americas syndicate desk. One is an internal hire and the other joins from Deutsche Bank.
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Hong Kong-listed Car Inc raised $250m from a bond last Friday, riding on the positive sentiment of an ongoing take-private deal and better access to funding.
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Dutch bank ING made a triumphant return to the dollar market this week, launching its first SEC-registered trade in almost two years as it added to Yankee bank supply.
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Chinese question-and-answer platform Zhihu has raised $522.5m from its US IPO, after pricing the deal at the bottom of the marketed range, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Verbund, the Austrian electricity company, became the first European issuer to sell a green sustainability-linked bond on Wednesday, combining the benefits of two different approaches to sustainable finance in a single deal.
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BPER Banca overcame its sub-investment grade rating on Thursday, attracting plenty of demand for an inaugural social bond that will fund Covid-19 related lending in southern Italy.
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Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production company Seplat Petroleum entered the international bond markets on Thursday seeking to raise dollar funding. As primary issuance re-starts in the CEEMEA region, Seplat is one of a few high yielding names testing the temperature.
