Natixis
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The Sultanate of Oman has widened the pricing of its $1bn loan by 10bp to encourage banks to lend, after the sovereign was downgraded by Standard & Poor's in November.
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Vivalto Santé, the French private health service provider, has announced €228m of loans for its leveraged buyout by Mubadala Development Co, the Abu Dhabi Government owned investment and development company.
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A fundraising for a unit of China National Chemical Corp is set to increase to €630m ($683.6m) from the launch size of €600m, after more than 10 banks piled into the syndicate.
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FIG bankers rejoiced this week as two markets that have been much maligned this year — insurance capital and sterling senior — showed enduring appeal just in time for a year end funding grab.
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Banks can look forward to regularly pricing green bonds inside their vanilla senior curves, some FIG bankers believe, after BPCE launched the latest in a succession of tight trades on Wednesday.
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BPCE issued final guidance on Thursday for its latest multi-tranche Samurai sale, giving investors plenty of choice with two senior and three subordinated tranches.
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Solar power producer Etrion has more than halved the all-in interest payable on its Italian debt facilities with a €222m refinancing package.
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Banks can look forward to regularly pricing green bonds inside their vanilla senior curves, some FIG bankers believe, after BPCE launched the latest in a succession of tight trades on Wednesday.
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Investors showed enduring appetite for insurance capital on Wednesday as Scor found more than €2bn of demand for the second French deal in as many days.
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BPCE is on the road for its own green bond this week and, after HSBC added to the recent green glut with a tightly priced €500m five year deal, banks are far from quenching their thirst for the asset class.
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Groupe Fnac, the French retailer of books, music and electronics, has signed €865m of loans for its €615m acquisition of Darty, the London and Paris-listed French electricals retailer.