Raiffeisen Bank International AG

The Austrian lender’s first transaction issued off its newly set up covered bond programme was exceptionally well received, despite its small size and lower than average rating.

A banker at one of Ecom Agroindustrial's new lenders, Raiffeisen Bank International, said that the bank was following a strategy to build new relationships with soft commodity firms in joining the Ecom deal.

Oberösterreichische Landesbank (OÖ LB) has mandated joint leads for a sub-benchmark sized euro covered bond with an intermediate to long maturity.

RLB Oberösterreich issued its first covered bond benchmark this week attracting the widest ever audience for any Austrian covered bond issuer, burying lingering concerns over long term fallout from Heta.

The Austrian bank issued its first benchmark covered bond on Tuesday. The deal was highly oversubscribed even though the final spread offered little concession.

Austrian gaming company Novomatic joined a surge of issuance this Tuesday as it issued a €500m no-grow bond that pulled in interest from across Europe.

US agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO launched its first ever Schuldschein for €150m on Tuesday. Some of the proceeds will be used for the acquisition of Danish manufacturer Cimbria.

Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich has mandated joint leads for its first benchmark euro covered bond and the Bank of Queensland has hired leads to explore options for a potential structure.

Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberosterreich has mandated joint leads for its first benchmark euro covered bond.

The gap to repay a €2.7bn bridge facility that supports HeidelbergCement's purchase of Italcementi is set to close once the former cashes in the sale of its West Virginia factory.

Gunvor Petroleum Rotterdam, part of Gunvor Group, has secured a $200m project finance loan to develop is refineries and infrastructure.

Balkan telecoms provider United Group on Tuesday sold a €150m tap to fund the purchase of smaller peer companies in the former Yugoslavia.