Natixis

A day of calm in European markets opened a window for primary issuance on Monday that French property investment company Icade seized, one day before the US presidential elections.

Syndication for the refinancing of $1.235bn of loans for commodity trader Gunvor has closed, with lenders making “significantly oversubscribed” commitments, while competitor Trafigura faces a €2bn maturity this month.

Caja Rural Navarra is planning the first green covered bond of the year. It follows a trio of covered bonds issued by Australian banks and the first transaction to be issued from Nordea in more than a year.

This was the week high yield borrowers in sterling came out of the Brexit shadows to face a market ridden with political tensions — what they found was hungry, but sober, investors.

French trade fair organiser Comexposium on Wednesday joined the recent wave of refinancing offerings in the euro leveraged loan market with its own €394m offering.

Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) raised $500m from a perpetual non-call five year bond on Monday, managing to woo investors against a volatile backdrop.

Aluminum Corporation of China has re-entered the market with a perpetual non call five dollar bond, opening books on Monday morning.

Mortgage lender Together on Friday accelerated the pricing of its PIK bond in a sterling market still cautious after last week’s cancellation but geared with a new offering from betting house Ladbrokes.

Norddeutsche Landesbank (NordLB) and Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank (DG Hyp) issued tightly priced German Pfandbriefe that benefitted from a rise in yields this week.

Pub group Enterprise Inns on Monday and mortgage lender Together on Wednesday launched their new sterling offerings amid growing instability in the market after Daisy, the UK telecom services supplier, pulled its deal last Friday.

French private care home operator DomusVi on Monday joined a busy high yield pipeline with a new floater and an add-on to its debut bond to fund its second acquisition in Spain.

The Moser family intends to become the sole owner of UK mortgage loan provider Together as private equity firm Equistone and Standard Life plan PIK issuance before exiting the company.