Natixis

French property company Icade printed its first green bond on Monday, but no other corporates ventured into the market. Having the full attention of investors allowed the issuer to increase the deal by €100m and price it 20bp tighter than initial price thoughts.

John Wade has joined Mizuho Securities as head of debt capital markets for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong.

Eurazeo, the private equity firm, is offering a loan to fund the leveraged buyout of Spain’s Iberchem, a fragrance and flavour maker, from Magnum Capital.

Coface, the French trade credit insurer, has signed a €700m syndicated loan facility with a group of six banks.

Tikehau Capital, the French alternative asset manager, has raised €702m to accelerate its development, after its rights issue attracted substantial oversubscription by new and existing shareholders.

Natixis is looking to hire an SSA syndicate banker with dollar market skills, GlobalCapital understands.

Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) has approached lenders for a $200m two year loan through its Peruvian arm, according to bankers.

Investors jumped at the chance to buy rare longer dated investment grade African risk on Thursday enabling Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) to raise $850m with a 10 year benchmark on Thursday.

European high yield market participants took caution from Tereos’ decision to postpone a perpetual hybrid bond issue on Tuesday, suggesting that the structure still confuses investors.

Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement (BOAD) offered investors a rare chance to buy longer dated investment grade African risk with a new 10 year benchmark on Thursday.

Eurofins Scientific and Thermo Fisher Scientific both held investor update calls on Monday, and both announced deals on Tuesday. The science double bill proved no horror story though, with investors clamouring for unrated Eurofins, even as the four tranche Thermo Fisher deal took more of the limelight.

Gecina, the French real estate investment trust focused on residential, office and healthcare properties, will raise €1bn through a fully underwritten rights issue to partly refinance its acquisition of Eurosic.