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Sandrine Ferdane has been appointed BNP Paribas’s new global head of financial institutions coverage (FIC), replacing José Placido, who has a new role as chief executive of the corporate and investment bank for the Americas.

A lack of supply relative to 2019 and much more aggressive central bank buying ensured that Banco Sabadell, Royal Bank of Canada, Deutsche Bank and RLB Oberösterreich were able to price their respective covered bonds flat to fair value on Monday.

UniCredit has returned to the euro market for a dual-tranche offering of non-preferred senior debt, a matter of days after having completed the sale of a new tier two bond.

The sluggish European loan market has been dealt another blow this week, after Takeaway.com got overwhelming support for its all share merger with Just Eat to kill a £5.5bn ($7.16bn) loan funded rival offer from Prosus.

Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale has a €4bn funding programme lined up for 2020, matching the total it raised in 2019.

Unione di Banche Italiane was close to 14 times subscribed for a €400m additional tier one (AT1) in the euro market on Monday, as it capitalised on expectations of scarce supply in the asset class. The debut deal means the bank will become the fourth Italian issuer of AT1 capital.

Private Russian bank Credit Bank of Moscow announced a roadshow on Monday, mandating banks for the sale of a benchmark five year dollar deal.

The UK government should consider consulting on changes to the country’s listing rules after Brexit to attract more high growth companies to the London Stock Exchange, including allowing dual class share structures on the premium segment, according to Claire Keast-Butler, a partner at Cooley in London

Goldman Sachs is forming a Sustainable Solutions Council for its investment banking division, with four members for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Hong Kong-listed Anta Sports Products hit the market with a €1bn convertible bond on Monday after the close of business, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

An unusual note of optimism defines the attitude of Europe’s public sector issuers as they approach 2020. While many other markets are beset by fears of a slowdown in global growth, trade wars, and Brexit, SSA borrowers are confident in their borrowing strategies and loyal investor bases. Despite a change of face in the ECB’s top job, rates are still set to remain low for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, investors are having to grit their teeth to stomach the scanty yields on offer for euro SSA assets. Although SSAs are offering little in the way of yield, their place as pioneers of the evolving SRI market always ensures lively debate. In this roundtable, held in early November, market participants on both the buyside and the sell side favoured a more holistic assessment of issuers’ ESG profiles, rather than relying on labelled assets, but whether or not the ECB should take a role in promoting the SRI market through “green QE” divided the group.

Matthew Xu has become an executive director of debt capital markets in Crédit Agricole’s China debt origination and advisory team, effective Monday.