Société Générale

Gecina, the French real estate investment trust, issued its second euro bond of 2015 on Tuesday, and had to pay a chunky new issue premium and higher yield than last time.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday printed its $750m tier one perpetual with coupon of 5.25%, the lowest ever for this kind of deal from the CEEMEA region. The feat was even more impressive for being printed on a day when Credit Suisse had its 10 year bond pulled because of market volatility.

As the half year point of 2015 approaches, year to date CEEMEA volumes are at their lowest in six years. No bookrunner has escaped the plunge unscathed. But some have suffered more than others, and a rare few have taken a larger share of a shrinking CEEMEA market.

Korea is hoping to get its first taste of covered bonds since a new act came into force in April 2014, with Kookmin Bank scheduled to meet investors next week.

Bpifrance managed to increase a 15 year deal from its target size on Wednesday despite rocky government bonds markets, but had to print at the wide end of guidance and initial price thoughts.

CMA CGM, the French shipping group, raised €175m on Tuesday by tapping its €550m senior unsecured bond, sold on Wednesday last week, when it abandoned a planned dollar tranche.

National Bank of Abu Dhabi set price thoughts on its first ever international subordinated bond at 5.375% on Wednesday morning. Debt bankers away from the trade doubted the issuer could make a sub-5% finish.

Haikou Meilan International Airport took to the international bond market for the first time on June 9, raising Rmb600m ($98.5m) in the process.

Public sector bond markets are under threat from violent price moves and low liquidity for months to come, warned SSA bankers, after government bonds sold off sharply on Wednesday.

Germany showed six years away from syndications had not left it rusty on Tuesday, as it aced a €2.5bn April 2046 that extended its inflation linked curve by 15 years.

Bpifrance is looking to revive the 15 year part of the euro curve, as SSA issuers and bankers heed European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s advice to endure volatility.

Two first time bond issuers joined the corporate pipeline on Tuesday, with TDF Infrastructure and the University of Liverpool preparing to debut, despite a choppy primary market.