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  • THE PRIMARY Eurobond market remains in limbo, with few syndicate managers predicting any sustained revival of activity before January. Underwriters are reluctant to take any more paper on to books that are, in many cases, still heavily laden with unsold inventory.
  • THE SWEDISH government's plans to reduce its shareholding in Nordbanken are still on track, despite the volatility that has wracked global stockmarkets. The sell-off would involve the sale of shares by Nordbanken Holding, the holding company for the Swedish bank, as part of the bank's merger with Merita Bank of Finland. The planned divestment represents around 12% of the holding company's equity capital.
  • Domestic issuance: * Pfandbriefzentrale der Schweizerischen Kantonalbanken
  • THE UK corporate sector of the Euro-MTN market is set to receive a boost following the announcement this week of two new Euro-MTN programmes for utilities Scottish Power and BG plc. The Ecu2.5bn programme for BG plc is an update of a previous Ecu1.5bn programme for British Gas, which had lain dormant for some time.
  • Corporates Aggregate Industries plc, the company formed earlier this year through the merger of Bardon and Camas, is quietly to seek an aggressively priced medium term facility through mandated arrangers HSBC Investment Bank plc and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
  • * Eagle Ltd Amount: ¥840.7m
  • US INVESTORS proved they were still interested in credit stories this week when they snapped up a $522.5m high yield issue, including a $97.5m CCC+ rated tranche, by US casino company Venetian Casinos Resorts. Although other US high yield offerings have been priced since last week's market turmoil, the size and rating of the Venetian deal in a less than attractive sector was seen as the first real test of investors' appetite for credit risk since the sell-off.
  • NationsBank has completed an $800m facility for Walter Industries Inc. The secured loan is split into a $350m six year revolver and a $450m six year term loan. Pricing is based on the company's consolidated leverage ratio. The Libor margin is 50bp to 125bp and the commitment fee range is 17.5bp to 30bp.
  • * Sanwa (Australia) Ltd Guarantor: Sanwa Bank
  • Market commentary Compiled by Gerard Perrignon, Hambros Bank Ltd, London. Tel: +44 171-865 1759
  • SPANISH commercial bank Banco Popular Espa¥ol has signed a $2bn Euro-MTN programme in a bid to access new sources of funding. Until now the bank has relied on its retail deposit base, but changing investment patterns have resulted in a reduction in the proportion of savings deposited in savings accounts, prompting BPE to widen its borrowing options.