NatWest Markets
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Workspace Group, the UK real estate investment trust, has activated a one year extension option on its £150m revolving credit facility to extend the deal to 2021. -
Dave Rome, head of loan capital markets at Royal Bank of Scotland, resigned at the end of last week to join law firm Ashurst. The move follows RBS's reorganisation of its loans business, which limited the banker’s role, said a source at the UK bank.
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Irish airport authority DAA returned to the European investment grade corporate bond market after an eight year absence on Wednesday, as it tapped the long end with a €400m 12 year bond.
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KfW became the first supranational or agency to sell a euro-denominated five year benchmark with a negative yield on Tuesday.
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Undeterred by some investor wobbles around appetite for long dated maturity, Irish state electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) came to market on Tuesday with a €500m 15 year bond.
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Italian energy company Enel on Thursday completed a €1.26bn exchange offer that strengthened the return of debt-backed tender offers in the European corporate market.
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DBS Bank in Singapore this week issued its first deal in Australian dollars, the first covered bond from an Asian lender and the first benchmark sized Kangaroo covered bond of the year.
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FCE Bank, the finance subsidiary of Ford, paid a visit to the sterling bond market on a day when much of Europe was celebrating the Corpus Christi public holiday.
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A remarkable week for public sector dollar issuance could lead into an even more impressive spell, after the release of hawkish US Federal Reserve minutes moved the 10 year part of the curve tantalisingly close to borrowers’ grasps. Craig McGlashan reports.
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Italy sold a super rare short-dated syndication this week, but a debut 50 year benchmark — a growing trend for sovereigns this year — looks to be some way off.
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