Société Générale

Cyfrowy Polsat, the Polish television company, has begun meeting banks about a financing package as it seeks to replace some of its loans and bonds.

Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, showed just how flashily the convertible bond market can buck trends on June 26, when it issued a €500m deal that won exceptionally good terms, even as other markets frayed.

Public sector borrowers are snapping up opportunities in the medium term note market, as Greece’s bail-out negotiations and imminent US non-farm payroll data stifle syndicated supply.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has completed syndication of a €5bn revolving credit facility, in the company's first loan refinancing since Fiat Group Automobiles merged with Chrysler last year.

Atos, the unrated French IT and outsourcing firm, slipped into the bond market on Friday, taking a narrow window before Greece’s next round of talks with its creditors to slip a debut bond into the market.

Europcar, the French car rental company, priced its initial public offering at €12.25 on Thursday night, for a total deal size of €879m. Its shares traded down slightly on Friday, their first day in the markets.

Suez Environnement, the French water and waste company, has issued a pair of private medium term notes, in only its second appearance in the bond market this year.

Two equity block trades were launched in Europe on Thursday night, despite the ever-dwindling hopes of resolution to Greece’s debt crisis. Remarkably for such a day of political stress, the Euro Stoxx 50 spent part of the day in the green and ended exactly flat.

Europcar, the French car rental company, is set to price its €800m initial public offering at €12.25 a share, a good result in the face of a market stressed by the Greek debt crisis.

Deutsche Wohnen, the German property company, mandated banks on Thursday for a roadshow to market the possible sale of its first non-convertible bonds.

Société Générale has appointed a new head for its India operations. The move comes as the bank looks to cement relationships in the fast-growing south Asian economy and support Indian corporates’ activity in Europe, China and Africa.

Europcar, the French car rental company, has narrowed the price range on its €800m initial public offering, in the bottom half of the original range.