Société Générale
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Cellnex Telecom, the broadcasting tower business floated by Abertis Infraestructuras in May, marketed and sold its first bond issue on Monday, raising €600m. -
Leveraged loans of €725m backing the merger of French private healthcare groups Vedici and Vitalia are being marketed at a bank meeting today.
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Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology ventured into an uncharted territory on July 16 issuing the maiden green bond by a Chinese issuer. While the deal is expected to be the first of many, investors were largely indifferent about the trade’s green credentials.
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The FIG market was blown open by Greece’s approval of reforms this week, but some bankers are concerned it may have come too late for the bank capital market.
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Aéroports de Paris reopened the corporate bond market on Wednesday after two weeks’ silence, using an attractive new issue premium to amass a hefty order book for a €500m deal.
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Metalloinvest’s $750m loan was no picnic for lending banks — the Russian miner self-arranged the deal and pushed hard on pricing — but this tenacious deal will not encourage a run of Russian deals soon, according to bankers.
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Verallia, the French glass bottle maker, started sounding investors on Thursday for an €860m-equivalent bond to finance its acquisition by alternative investment fund Apollo Global Management.
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Deutsche Wohnen, the German property company, issued its first conventional bond on Thursday, benefiting from strong market sentiment after Greece’s parliament approved a new bailout package.
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Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology went live this week with what will be China’s first green bond. The trailblazer drew plenty of attention, with more deals expected both on and offshore once the country’s green bond regulations are finalised later this year.
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Santander Consumer Finance and Société Générale both opted for defensive three year senior unsecured trades on Thursday, the first euro benchmark FIG deals in three weeks.
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South Korea’s Nonghyup Bank made a rapid return to the offshore bond market on July 15. Having learned lessons from its reduced outing last year, the Korean lender shuffled its banks and opted to raise just $300m. More importantly, bankers believe this deal could act as price guidance for Kookmin’s upcoming covered bonds.
