Santander
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Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings, a real estate investor, got enough demand for its bonds this week for it to price the debt flat to its curve and increase the size of the deal from expectations, as high grade corporate investors betrayed no sign of indigestion despite the recent deluge of debt issuance from the sector. -
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets has hired an executive director in debt capital markets, covering French corporate clients.
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Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB) is readying to issue its first covered bond in over two years, having appointed banks on Friday to sell a 10 year deal.
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Iberdrola, the Spanish utility, has signed a €2.5bn sustainability-linked loan, becoming the first Spanish company to use risk-free rates as a benchmark instead of Libor.
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Santander’s head of private placements has resigned from the bank.
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Austria took centre stage in the euro sovereign bond market this week with the sale of its first ever four year benchmark alongside a new 50 year deal to complete its curve.
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Aviva has asked investors to agree to a change in the terms of three of its tier two bonds, to try and make sure they revert to spreads over Sonia rather than Libor if they live on past their first call dates.
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Esoteric names from the FIG market are expected to fill the post-Easter issuance pipeline to take advantage on the constructive market conditions on offer.
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The short Easter week saw a timid showing of new high grade corporate issuance in the European market but investors snapped up the trades that were on screens.
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Gatwick Airport got a bulging order book for its return to the senior funding market, weeks after the UK airport got chunky demand for its debut subordinated transaction.
