Société Générale

Coface, the French trade credit insurer, has signed a €700m syndicated loan facility with a group of six banks.

British American Tobacco is expected to bring the week-long run without any new corporate bond issuance to an end later this week. The UK based tobacco company could issue in dollars, euros and sterling.

The dollar market got off to a busy start in August with US telecoms heavyweights Verizon and Comcast taking home a combined $5.5bn on the back of strong demand.

Generali Investments has hired a new head of research from Société Générale.

Société Générale was keen to highlight improvements in cost and risk control when reporting its earnings for the second quarter on Wednesday, but growing litigation costs and falling trading revenues cast a shadow over the group’s results announcement.

Société Générale has named new head of financial rating advisory to replace a departure.

International Finance Corporation introduced the Kauri market to green bonds on Thursday, after opening books on a socially responsible New Zealand dollar note with a NZ$100m ($75.2m) minimum size.

NRW.Bank announced on Wednesday that it will go on the road at the end of August to market its fifth green bond.

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) raised $300m from its first trip to the additional tier one market on Monday. Investors embraced the structure, pushing the books to eight times covered.

Permira is selling its 33% stake in Cortefiel, the Spanish retailer, to the group's other two owners, CVC and PAI Partners. The deal includes a debt restructuring and ends rumours of an IPO.

Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) began marketing a subordinated perpetual bond on Monday morning, the first dollar additional tier one note from a South Korean policy bank.

Kroger and Alimentation Couche-Tard led a flurry of issuance by dollar borrowers to exploit red hot demand for high grade paper. With the bulk of corporate America in earnings blackout, the retailers demonstrated the strength of investor sentiment.