Rabobank

Rabobank’s capital markets operation in Hong Kong has undergone senior staff changes with the departure of a veteran loans banker and the appointment of a new capital markets head.

Shares in Greencore, the Anglo-Irish sandwich and convenience food producer, closed 3% higher on Wednesday after it completed its £439m rights issue to finance its acquisition of Peacock Foods, a US competitor.

Elysium Healthcare, the property portfolio being spun out of the Priory Group to BC Partners, has cut its sterling loan offering to £133m after reaching a ground rent agreement mid-transaction.

Bridgepoint launched a dividend recapitalisation term loan of its restaurant firm the Azzurri Group with a lender call on Thursday afternoon, the private equity firm's second since October.

Dutch construction company Royal BAM Group has refinanced a €417.5m revolving credit facility due to mature in 2018, with a smaller loan of €400m with tighter pricing, after printing a €125m convertible bond in June.

Heineken was the first of five corporate issuers on Tuesday to wrap up its offering, in a rush of supply that took advantage of a more stable backdrop in rates markets.

Commodity trader Gunvor increased its European revolving credit facility by around 50% to meet oversubscribed commitments, having also grown its $725m working capital loan after strong demand.

Greencore Group, the Irish convenience food supplier, has announced plans for a £439m rights issue to partly finance its takeover of Peacock Foods, a US competitor, alongside its preliminary full year results on Monday.

The European subsidiary of US commodity trader Louis Dreyfus is refinancing a $800m dual tranche credit facility after increasing its Asian credit facility earlier in the year.

Two corporates hit the new issue market on Thursday, one clinching a 0% yield and the other paying only a single digit new issue premium, despite volatility in rates markets.

Syndication for the refinancing of $1.235bn of loans for commodity trader Gunvor has closed, with lenders making “significantly oversubscribed” commitments, while competitor Trafigura faces a €2bn maturity this month.

US glass container manufacturer OI on Thursday added its deal, a loan-to-bond refinancing, to a high yield market scoreboard already loaded with another seven offerings.