Société Générale

Richard Griffiths will stop heading Danske Bank’s loan syndication team on November 1, and Paul Smith — who currently heads leverage finance syndicate — will take over. It is unclear what Richard Griffiths, who has worked with Danske Bank for the last 15 years, will pursue next.

A benchmark deal from 2i Rete Gas, rated Baa2/BBB, was not in the same league as the storming transactions the corporate bond market saw on Monday. Those involved felt they were a day late arriving at the party.

Wind Tre, the Italian telecoms group, delivered Europe's largest ever high yield bond issue this week, a €7.3bn deal that has raised the bar for the market and led to expectations that more sponsors will follow suit amid heady investor demand.

Equity volatility has threatened a comeback in the past week as markets prepared for the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday. But after the ECB performed within market expectations, announcing a 50% reduction in its bond buying programme, fear gauges settled down once again.

Public sector borrowers are flocking to the green bond market, dominating the upcoming SSA pipeline as the year draws to a close.

Just three months after Nestlé last extended its corporate bond curve, the Swiss food group was back in the market. Last Friday it pushed its range of maturities even further out.

French food supplier Danone achieved what is believed to be the most tightly priced corporate hybrid capital issue ever on Monday.

The $1.5bn flotation of EN+, the aluminium and power company controlled by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, in London and Moscow is coming during a hot time for the aluminium market and will help to seal a partnership between Russian producer Rusal and Glencore.

Two issuers from the Middle East this week printed dollar deals with ease this week, covering a range of maturities from five to 30 years and demonstrating demand across the whole curve.

Two more public sector borrowers are set to add to the flurry of socially responsible investments dominating the upcoming SSA pipeline late in the year.

Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, a wholly owned subsidiary and strategic asset of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc), has launched its $3bn dual trancher on Thursday with coupons set at the tight end of final guidance and books in excess of $11bn. Though an analyst said the levels offered looked fair, he said he was disappointed by the lack of transparency into Adnoc offered by the note.

Russian lender Credit Bank of Moscow (CBM) raised Rb14.4bn ($250m) of fresh equity with a 13.4% capital increase this week.