Natixis
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Natixis has signed a five year strategic alliance with Oddo BHF, the Franco-German brokerage. They will combine their equity trading and capital markets businesses, in a move triggered by the arrival of MiFID II in January 2018. -
Investor support for leveraged loan deals where the issuer is only seeking to cut margins remains so strong that some borrowers, such as French real estate group Foncia, may do it twice this year.
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A trio of equity-linked issues this week was capped off on Thursday by a €100m convertible bond due in April 2023 from Pierre & Vacances, the French operator of tourist villages.
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Inmobiliaria Colonial, the Spanish property company, has raised €416m to partly finance its bid for rival Axiare Patrimonio.
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French toll road operator Holding d’Infrastructures de Transport paid a hefty premium last Friday as it sold a dual tranche bond to help refinance its March 2018 note. The Baa3 rated subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure company Abertis suffered from the uncertainty surrounding a takeover of its parent company.
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Four new investment grade corporate bond issues in euros and one in sterling ensured European investors were much busier on Tuesday than they had been on Monday.
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French toll road operator Holding d'Infrastructures de Transport paid a hefty premium on Friday as it sold a dual tranche bond to help refinance its March 2018 note.
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Elis, the French laundry group, has raised €600m from 12 banks, in part to pay off the bridge facility it used to acquire UK rival Berendsen in the summer.
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Credit Suisse has seen several senior departures from its Asian equities business, with Nicole Yuen and Ronald Cheung leaving the bank.
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Natixis has boosted its distribution capabilities in southeast Asia by bringing in a former BNP Paribas loans banker.
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CVC and Ardian charged up the leveraged loan deal pipeline with new buyouts of European businesses in Ireland, Greece and Spain this week. A strengthening European economy is likely to attract more, said market participants.
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