Société Générale

Transport infrastructure group Ferrovial on Wednesday returned to the bond market after a two year absence, selling a €500m note. It was followed later in the week by two other Spanish corporates.

Fixed income investors had plenty digest on Thursday with a total of seven Chinese issuers vying for attention. The majority are eyeing dollars but two names are venturing into offshore renminbi.

Instituto de Crédito Oficial showed on Wednesday that the strong demand present in the dollar market over the last few months is not solely the preserve of the highest rated issuers.

GlobalCapital announces the results of its first full scale, standalone set of Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards.

European Investment Bank received a warm welcome on Wednesday for its fourth euro benchmark outing of the year.

Société Générale raised $1.5bn of additional tier one capital on Tuesday, following in the footsteps of four of its European peers this summer.

The European Investment Bank will on Wednesday tackle a part of the euro curve where Finland drew a strong book last week, as the European Financial Stability Facility made light work of its funding needs for the third quarter.

A trio of public sector borrowers are set to spray the short end of the dollar curve with deals on Wednesday, including one making its first visit in over two years, as markets priced in an ever decreasing chance of a rate rise at the next US Federal Open Market Committee meeting later this month.

Sébastien Domanico has started in his job as head of debt capital markets at Crédit Agricole CIB, after a long run of gardening leave. The firm's previous DCM head, Tim Hall, departed in July.

Greek gaming company Intralot is looking to refinance €200m of loans following the completion of the merger of its Italian unit with Italian gaming firm Gamenet.

Unione di Banche Italiane’s (UBI) €1bn 10 year Obbligazioni Bancarie Garantite was priced tighter than UniCredit’s €1bn 10 year and well through BTPs, though it relied more heavily on domestic buyers.

Sirius Minerals, the company developing a potash mine in North Yorkshire, has mandated six banks to arrange $2.6bn financing for the project.