Santander

CaixaBank was able to attract orders of more than €3.85bn for the issuance of its seven year senior non preferred bond on Tuesday, more than three times the deal size.

Peru will meet fixed income investors in the US on Tuesday and Wednesday as the new second best rated sovereign in Latin America prepares a dual currency bond offering that would include its first visit to dollar markets since 2015.

A unit of China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) has returned to the loan market for a two-tranche borrowing of €550m.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has appointed a banker from Santander to lead its sector coverage for the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The US holding company of Spain’s Santander made its first trip to the dollar bond market in almost six months, as issuers made the most of improving conditions.

Redexis, the Spanish natural gas distribution company, is making its first step into sustainability-linked borrowing, while amending and extending its revolving credit facility.

MasterCard ventured into volatile markets on Tuesday to print its first bond since February 2018, but investors paid the price as spreads widened.

The City of London Corporation, via its endowment fund ‘The City’s Cash’, is set to enter the US private placement (PP) market for the first time. The funds will be partly used to finance the consolidation of the Billingsgate, Smithfield and Spitalfields wholesale food markets at a new site in Dagenham, Essex.

Anna D’Ercole is joining Santander from Crédit Agricole, where she has been working in the FIG team.

Lloyds is yet to confirm whether it will redeem an outstanding additional tier one (AT1) deal, callable on June 27, just as banking authorities have increased the pressure on financial institutions to justify their decisions to call such debt.

Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology is tapping the offshore loan market for a $475m green loan to support its windfarm projects in Argentina.

Thursday’s corporate bond new issue action in Europe confirmed the picture presented on Wednesday: that investors were determined not to let macroeconomic issues bother them, and were piling into new issues. The day was less blemished than the previous one had been by volatility, enabling issuers to get some very tight spreads.