Nomura
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Netherlands-based telecoms firm Altice, one of the European leveraged finance market’s leading issuers, held a lender call at 3pm London time on Thursday for €1.6bn of loan refinancings in euros, and more in dollars. -
World Bank proved its popularity in the Australian dollar bond market on Tuesday, selling a combination of medium and long dated debt for A$800m ($605.4m) to a wide variety of investors.
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BMC Software, the US IT management firm, joined a packed European leveraged finance market on Monday with a €650m term loan refinancing, one of several deals launched since late last week.
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Nomura has reshaped the management team of its wholesale division, which includes investment banking and markets. Former co-head of wholesale Kentaro Okuda will become regional head for Americas, while Minoru Shinohara, executive chairman in EMEA, becomes co-head of wholesale, relocating from London to Tokyo.
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Philippine-based Wilcon Depot is planning to open books on March 20 for a Ps7.9bn ($156.8m) IPO, according to a notice on the country's stock exchange.
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Verisure joined the runaway repricing train in European leveraged loans this week, launching a €350m term loan ‘B’ as it looks to refinance an existing Swedish kroner facility paying more than 500bp.
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The Province of Ontario and Rentenbank tapped bonds at the long end of the Kangaroo curve this week, while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) mandated banks for a new Australian dollar bond.
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The Asian Development Bank is set to issue a 10.5 year Australian dollar bond on Friday.
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UK gaming group GVC Holdings has signed a €320m loan package marking its entry into the syndicated loan market in a deal said to have been heavily oversubscribed.
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Natwest Markets, the wholesale banking business of Royal Bank of Scotland, has hired for its bond trading team Hussain Nasser, who left SC Lowy in November.
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KfW and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development took full advantage of a strong environment to sell dollar benchmarks on Tuesday. Further dollar issuance is rumoured this week — with conditions so good that deals may come despite potential volatility from US president Donald Trump making his first speech to Congress during the New York evening on Tuesday night.
