Natixis

German wheelchair maker Sunrise Medical’s €315m acquisition loan has begun trading in secondary markets after being priced in line with initial guidance.

A €600m ($663m) two year financing for China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) has been opened into syndication. Two French lenders are leading the deal and they have invited a select group of banks to participate.

Aéroports de Paris reopened the corporate bond market on Wednesday after two weeks' silence, using an attractive new issue premium to amass a €5bn order book for the €500m deal.

French financial institutions and corporates have been quick to jump at the funding opportunity offered by the offshore RMB bond market. Despite the line-up of success stories, however, French asset managers feel the market has some way to go before it comes of age.

A syndication for a €600m ($663m) two year financing for China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) is currently under way. Two French lenders are leading the deal and they have invited a select group of lenders to participate.

Alicia García Herrero, who has worked at the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank, has joined French bank Natixis as chief economist for Asia Pacific.

Sunrise Medical, a German wheelchair maker, is holding a bank meeting on Friday to market a €315m acquisition loan. Like many leveraged finance borrowers this year, it has pre-placed the second lien.

The corporate bond market got back on its feet with vigour on Wednesday, as Capgemini in particular impressed, with a hefty size and even heftier order book for a triple tranche deal — though it had to pay a large new issue premium.

Sunrise Medical, a German wheelchair maker, will hold a bank meeting on Friday to market a €315m acquisition loan. Like many leveraged finance borrowers this year, it has preplaced the second lien.

Women’s clothing maker E-Land World has increased the size of its latest fundraising to $300m, from $200m as Gulf, Hong Kong and Taiwan lenders threw their weight behind the deal, allowing the borrower to benefit from the excess liquidity.

Mercuria Energy Trading, the Swiss commodities trading group, has increased its revolving credit facility during syndication, but still kept it smaller than the $2.65bn it signed last year.

BB Energy, the Lebanese privately owned oil and fuel trading group, has signed a $200m revolving credit facility that was increased from $175m after being twice oversubscribed.