Rabobank

Coal is about the most basic commodity. It has become deeply unfashionable in recent years, tarred as the worst culprit in global warming. The charge may be true, but the accusations are so vehement partly because promoters of other hydrocarbons — oil, gas, biofuels — want to disguise their own responsibility.

This week the Schuldschein market completed what could be its second largest deal ever, for Aldi subsidiary Hofer, and also launched its first two green deals — in what looks like another impressive year for the market.

Genus, the bovine and porcine genetics company, retained all of its relationship banks when it signed a £160m revolving credit facility on Monday.

NL Financial Investments, the Dutch state agency, has named bookrunners for the IPO of insurer ASR, having already chosen the global co-ordinators earlier this year.

The Russian loan market has brought its first dollar deal of the year with Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) signing a long-awaited $1bn pre-export finance facility. The deal is its first syndicated loan since January 2014 and exceeds the size of any Russian loan of 2015.

Action, the Benelux non-food discount retailer, has allocated its €1.2bn dividend recap and refinancing facilities at an impressive margin in volatile market conditions.

ASML Holding, the Dutch manufacturer of lithography machines for computer chip production, has hired four banks to arrange a roadshow for its first bond in three years.

An investor reappraisal of additional tier one paper left the asset class trading at unprecedented lows on Monday, forcing Deutsche Bank to reassure the market of its ability to pay its coupons.

Keurig Green Mountain, the US speciality coffee and coffee machine firm, increased the euro term loan ‘B’ tranche of the $6.4bn debt package backing its acquisition by JAB Holding, the German investment group.

SIF, the Dutch maker of components for the offshore wind, oil and gas markets, has set the price range for its all-secondary initial public offering at a level that implies a valuation of €357m-€434m.

Keurig Green Mountain, the US coffee maker, had replies due on Tuesday for a $6.4bn debt package backing its $13.9bn acquisition by JAB, the German investment group.

Rabobank’s treasury has lost its head of capital and secured products to its own investment bank.