Natixis

Santander Consumer Finance opened up a new Tokyo Pro-Bond programme worth €10bn on Tuesday, following a similar move from its UK sister borrower last year.

The SSA market has seen a steady stream of activity across the euro and dollar markets this week. The European Stability Mechanism priced the week’s biggest deal on Tuesday, printing €4bn in 10 and 40 year tenors. Meanwhile African Development Bank led the charge in dollars, preparing to print a $1bn no-grow in its first benchmark deal of the year.

The Islamic Development Bank is embarking on a three day sukuk roadshow, starting on Sunday.

Crédit Agricole explicitly backed the newly proposed type of French senior debt in its full year results this week, as support for the asset class appears to be spreading across the country’s financial institutions.

The covered bond market could see the second Singaporean deal soon, with United Overseas Bank (UOB) mandating leads for a series of European investor meetings that could result in its first deal.

Austria has printed €5bn in a dual tranche issuance, pricing in 10 and 30 year tenors as the sovereign took advantage of a window of opportunity arising from a rally in global equities.

Austria is to print a 10 year benchmark as investor sentiment rebounded after a torrid time last week as BNG priced a seven year bond.

Sociedade Nacional De Combustíveis De Angola (Sonangol) has completed a lengthy loan syndication for a $1bn five year loan, with Chinese banks taking big tickets, according to a banker on the deal.

Action, the Benelux non-food discount retailer, has allocated its €1.2bn dividend recap and refinancing facilities at an impressive margin in volatile market conditions.

Natixis defied the grim tone of the markets in the fourth quarter of 2015 as its capital markets business reported an increase in revenues. The bank argues its results vindicate its progress towards an asset-light model, as the investment solutions business bumped up revenues.

B&B Hotels, France’s third largest budget hotels group, closed the book for its €339m seven year term loan ‘B’ at a wide price this week, as the European leveraged loan market works through the last of the deals underwritten in 2015.

On Tuesday night the loan market gathered in all its finery to hear the winners of the 13th Syndicated Loan, Leveraged Finance and Private Placement Awards at the Guildhall, in London. The results are below.