Société Générale

LeasePlan, the Dutch car leasing company, has returned to the euro bond market with a €500m senior unsecured three year bond that was priced well inside the initial guidance.

France has picked banks for a long 30 year euro benchmark, returning to the long end of the curve with a syndication for the first time since May 2017, as promised in late 2018.

The Kenyan sovereign is in talks with banks to refinance a $1bn term loan set to expire in March.

Société Générale is enjoying a record year in the Japanese debt markets, after selling its debut deal in Euroyen format late on Friday. The transaction received strong demand from investors, even though it was marketed at the same time as another total loss-absorbing (TLAC) eligible transaction from ING Groep.

French toll road operator Autoroutes du Sud de la France found plenty of investors willing to buy the issuer’s first corporate bond sale of 2019. The demand allowed the company to tighten the spread it was offering by 22bp through the marketing process and price the deal in line with its existing curve.

Credit Bank of Moscow printed a €500m five year bond on Tuesday, taking advantage of positive sentiment towards Russian bonds that existed early in the week before new talk of fresh US sanctions on Russia later dented enthusiasm for the country’s credit.

The US corporate new issuance calendar took a breather on Thursday after clocking up its busiest week of the year with $30bn of supply in just three days. Borrowers remained on the sidelines as investors digested the supply onslaught that brought bulging order books and tight pricing.

Société Générale has chosen Olivier Biraud to work with a portfolio of large French companies as a relationship manager.

Korea Development Bank has raised $1bn from a dual-tranche bond that came inside its secondary curve, as investors flocked to high quality, investment grade rated credits.

Credit Bank of Moscow has tightened price guidance for its euro five year bond, with books in excess of €800m for the Reg S/144A note — an unusual format for a euro deal, but one designed to provide a fall back option of switching to dollars if pricing for the bank’s inaugural euro bond was deemed unfavourable after feedback.

Société Générale attracted close to €5.5bn orders for a tightly priced new non-preferred senior deal in euros on Tuesday, when it also began marketing two more tranches of loss-absorbing debt in the increasingly popular Euroyen format.

Blackstone Property Partners Europe on Friday made its third visit to the corporate bond market in eight months and opted for a maturity between its two outstanding bonds. The property fund has now printed €1.75bn of bonds since it sold its Logicor logistics business to China Investment Corp in June 2017.