Société Générale
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French property company Icade printed its first green bond on Monday, but no other corporates ventured into the market. Having the full attention of investors allowed the issuer to increase the deal by €100m and price it 20bp tighter than initial price thoughts. -
A €600m two tranche bond issue to finance the Spanish retailer Cortefiel’s LBO will be the euro high yield market’s starting shot for the second half of the year.
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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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Carlsberg Breweries issued a rare six year euro bond this week that caused disagreement among market participants over its new issue concession, with some, who were off the deal, reckoning the premium is lower than leads’ estimations.
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HSBC India IB head leaves — StanChart brings Goldman banker out of retirement — CS hires Apac fixed income head — MUFG staffs up in India — SocGen creates FIC role
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A pair of issuers sold high quality euro deals into an eager market on Wednesday, drawing praise from onlookers for impressive books.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) picked up €2bn with a 23 year bond on Tuesday, paving the way for other top-flight borrowers to bring their own euro deals.
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Société Générale has appointed Florian Dumas for the newly-created role of head of financial institutions sales for global markets fixed income and currencies in Asia Pacific.
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Korea’s Kookmin Bank is eyeing a return to the dollar bond market, meeting with investors this week to gauge interest in a senior deal.
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