NatWest Markets
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UK property firm Hammerson has signed a €1bn revolving credit facility to buy a €1.85bn loan portfolio from Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency.
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Royal Bank of Scotland has promoted two bankers to replace the head of its German business who is leaving.
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The increasing attractiveness of euros over dollars has led one public sector borrower to mandate for its first ever benchmark in the currency — and more debut issuers could follow.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland has confirmed Gordon Taylor in position as head of debt capital markets, following the restructure of its primary business announced last week.
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Banco Popular Español (BPE) and Caja Rural de Castilla-La Mancha (CRCLM) issued Cédulas this week that were barely subscribed and relied heavily on demand from the European Central Bank.
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Royal Bank of Scotland has undertaken a shakeup of senior staff in its credit trading business, in a move that bolsters financials at the expense of corporate credit.
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Royal Bank of Scotland is beginning yet another radical retrenchment of its capital markets business, which will involve wide redundancies, including possibly up to half a dozen of its top capital markets bankers.
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The euro market is set to outshine dollars in the coming weeks, a pair of issuers showed this week as they demonstrated the depth available at the long end of the curve.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made three senior hires in its Asia Pacific research unit, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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A pair of European supranationals are set to pick up size at the long end of the curve this week, after European Stability Mechanism hired banks for its second benchmark in two weeks.
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HSBC has named a new Hong Kong CEO, a position that has been vacant since the departure of Anita Fung earlier this year.