RBC Capital Markets

UK engineering group Smiths’ second euro bond was 2.3 times oversubscribed on Thursday. The issuer is a rare name in euros, and the deal was preceded by a three day roadshow.

Denmark’s KommuneKredit was able to reach its maximum target size with a first sterling benchmark on Thursday.

Nationwide hit the sterling market for a seven year print on Thursday, selling what some bankers reckon could be the last senior sterling before the UK’s general election.

Dutch ports logistics company HES Beheer has launched a €100m add-on loan that will complete its owners’ full purchase of the company.

The World Bank will test the short end in dollars on Wednesday, after a pair of issuers came at opposite ends of the curve on Tuesday.

KfW has mandated banks for a 10 year dollar benchmark, keeping up a trend by SSAs to print at the longer end of the curve.

Kommunalbanken on Thursday printed its longest ever dollar benchmark. Demand was strong enough for it to tighten pricing from the initial price thoughts level.

UK engineering company Smiths Group has hired four banks to arrange a roadshow from April 20 for its second euro bond.

Unibail-Rodamco, the Franco-Dutch property company, attracted huge demand today for a combined offering of green bonds and ordinary bonds – possibly the first time an issuer has sold both in a single transaction.

UK energy company Centrica has sold its first hybrid bonds, as prospects for issuance of the subordinated instruments remains strong.

Rentenbank priced the first ever six year Kangaroo deal from an SSA issuer on Wednesday in line with guidance at 22bp over mid-swaps.

AS Adventure, the Belgian branded outdoor and travel products retailer, is allocating its €245m acquisition loan this week, having kept pricing in line with initial guidance.