Santander

Banco Santander posted a 41% annual surge in retail banking profits for the first quarter of this year, though its global wholesale banking profit fell by 6%.

Crown European Holdings was back in the euro high yield market on Monday with a €600m deal that will be used to repay its US parent company’s term loan ‘B’.

The initial public offering of Spanish diet products retailer Naturhouse garnered sufficient demand from investors to go ahead this week, but was priced at the bottom of the range.

BHP Billiton priced a €2bn three part bond on Wednesday, paying up on the longest tranche. Bankers said this reflected the recent underperformance of long dated bonds.

The initial public offering of Spanish diet products retailer Naturhouse has garnered sufficient demand from investors to go ahead, but will likely be priced near the bottom of the range.

Gas Natural opted for a drive-by execution for its second hybrid bond, a €500m perpetual non-call nine year, and won a €1.1bn book on Tuesday.

Unrated Italian power generation machinery company Ansaldo Energia's first corporate bond was particularly popular with domestic investors on Tuesday.

Naturhouse’s initial public offering was not yet covered this morning, a day before the close of bookbuild, but a lead banker told GlobalCapital the deal would no doubt gather the support it needed to go ahead.

Brisa Concessão Rodoviária (BCR), the largest motorway concessionaire in Portugal, has issued its first bond since Moody’s restored its investment grade rating late last year.

Wind turbine manufacturer Senvion is seeking to issue €400m of senior secured green bonds, in connection with its sale to Centerbridge Partners for €1bn.

Some senior unsecured FIG borrowers in euros were met with a less than stellar response from investors this week.

Abengoa, the Spanish engineering and renewable energy firm, on Thursday ticked the savings box with €375m of senior unsecured notes that achieved final terms below the 8.5% 2016 bond they are set to repay.