Société Générale
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Dufry – HES Beheer – BCA Marketplace – Club Med – Grupa Azoty – International Bank of Azerbaijan – Kungsleden – UBM Group – Oriflame -
Middle East issuance has accounted for nearly 38% of CEEMEA bonds printed so far this year, and that surge is shaking up the CEEMEA league table.
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BNP Paribas made an opportunistic move to price the tightest ever 10 year from a French bank on Tuesday. It was also the first 10 year covered bond issued in more than a month.
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Portugal priced an oversubscribed dual tranche benchmark on Wednesday afternoon, executing the deal during a sell-off in Europe’s periphery.
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A bevy of periphery borrowers have picked this week to get deals away — to varying levels of success — as negotiations over the financial future of Greece take on a more positive tone.
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Portugal is looking to take advantage of improving sentiment around Greece with a dual tap — but not every periphery issuer has been able to capitalise on events in Athens.
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Cyprus dipped into a market that has become at least temporarily more relaxed about the prospect of a Greek default, raising €1bn of seven year cash.
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UBM Group, the UK marketing and communications company, has signed a £400m five year revolving credit facility with its core relationship banks.
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Club Med has allocated its €400m acquisition loan to early bird lenders, avoiding a process of general syndication, after commitments filled the book during its pre-launch stage.
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Phil Hartley, global head of emerging markets rates trading, and Benoit Anne, global head of emerging markets strategy have resigned from Société Générale.
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Indonesia Eximbank has received a stellar response during syndication for its latest loan, with commitments totalling $792.5m pouring in from 38 lenders so far. A lack of deals from sovereign backed Indonesian borrowers and an overall fall in pricing for such credits propelled the loan to success, said bankers.
