Santander
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Spanish gas distribution company, NorteGas Energía Distribución, was the only investment grade corporate bond issuer in the euro market on Thursday. Its debut deal was a €1.3bn five year and 10 year dual tranche offering. -
September has seen a variety of issuers access the corporate bond market. From regular issuers to those who have not issued for over a decade, the consistent theme has been single digit new issue premiums for what one syndicate manager described as “manageable deal sizes.” Monday saw new issues in a similar vein.
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Santander has hired a banker from HSBC to work in its debt capital markets team for financial institutions.
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The Cover and GlobalCapital held the annual Covered Bond Awards Dinner on Thursday night at Casa Llotja de Mar in Barcelona, celebrating the best performers in the market.
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Dubai’s Department of Finance has taken out a $1.1bn syndicated loan to finance the expansion of the city's metro line, as part of its plan to host the World Expo 2020.
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A tremendously supportive SSA market brushed off Thursday’s European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, printing all the way up to the morning of the press conference by bank president Mario Draghi, writes Lewis McLellan.
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Seed company Syngenta has mandated banks for a global dollar transaction, its first foray into the market since China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) completed its acquisition of the company this summer.
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A pair of European agencies landed in euros on Tuesday, attracting huge books and tightening their spreads, indicating a promising backdrop for NRW.Bank’s green bond scheduled for Wednesday.
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A pair of public sector borrowers are set to bring their longest dated euro benchmarks in some time on Tuesday, as underlying rates for both issuers fell slightly on Monday.
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The European leveraged finance market is set to contend with loan deals approaching €4bn for the start of September. Over half of that is for the German pharmaceutical firm Stada — a deal that could help make funding more expensive for everyone else, writes Victor Jimenez.
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A group of institutions working towards a distributed ledger solution for cash settlement has doubled in size, as six global investment banks came aboard this week.
