Raiffeisen Bank International AG
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Best In Parking, the unrated Austrian parking facilities developer, has hired two banks to arrange its inaugural bond transaction. -
Kathrein, the German communications technology manufacturer, has signed a €350m revolving credit facility for refinancing purposes.
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Zumtobel, the Austrian lighting manufacturer, made one change to its seven bank syndicate in a €500m loan refinancing.
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Russian fertiliser producer EuroChem has signed a €200m club loan through its European subsidiary to cut costs, but the deal still carries Russian risk, bankers say.
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Romania-based New Europe Property Investments (Nepi) has returned to the international bond markets, releasing initial price thoughts for a 5.25 year euro senior unsecured deal, almost exactly a year after it last tried to tap the market and with a refreshed set of lead managers.
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Russian steelmaker Evraz has been in talks with banks for a syndicated loan for some time, but bankers said this week that the firm will likely stick to bilateral loans instead.
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Covered bonds issued this week from banks in Italy and Portugal were a roaring success from the sellers’ point of view. But none could have been done without the European Central Bank’s help.
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Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien and Banca Carige have mandated leads for covered bond roadshows that will start in early October.
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Covered bond issuers failed to take heed of poor market conditions and, just like lemmings, followed one another with poorly performing deals this week.
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Belgium is out with the longest dated deal from a sovereign, supranational or agency — outside the emerging markets — since February. And it is drawing a rip-roaring response which could encourage other issuers to look at the long end.
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Belgium has mandated for the first fixed rate benchmark longer than 20 years in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector in euros since February, while an Austrian agency also found demand at the long end of the euro curve.
