Société Générale
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Gecina, a French real estate investment trust, priced a €500m seven year senior unsecured bond at 92bps over mid-swaps on Wednesday. -
Société Générale has moved Jonathan Weinberger to London to fill the capital structuring role left by Antoine Loudenot.
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The number of shares outstanding in volatility exchange-traded funds, or ETFs that track the CBOE VIX, over the last three months has increased 22%
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Chinese telecommunications equipment provider ZTE Corp has closed syndication of its $450m four year bullet loan, signing up 12 banks.
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Borrowers' continued confidence in the leveraged loans market is affecting deal structure, with private healthcare operators Générale de Santé and Quirón structuring their respective €1.1bn and €2.15bn deals to target term loan ‘B’s to banks, who usually prefer the amortising payments of term loan ‘A’s.
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Grupo Hospitalario Quirón, the Spanish private hospital operator, has launched a €2.15bn loan to back its merger with rival chain Idcsalud, owned by CVC.
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French ingredients company Naturex signed €320m of loan agreements on Thursday, part of which will be used to finance its acquisition of US company Vegetable Juices.
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French supermarket chain Carrefour is in the process of amending and extending a three year credit facility it agreed in June 2013.
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Italian defence contractor Finmeccanica has signed a €2.2bn revolving credit facility, €200m smaller than the 2010 facility being refinanced.
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French hotel chain B&B Hotels has allocated a €175m senior secured loan that will refinance existing debt.
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Italian defence contractor Finmeccanica has signed a €2.2bn revolving credit facility, €200m smaller than the 2010 facility being refinanced.
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CRH, the Irish building materials company, brought its first bond issue of the year on Wednesday, and underlined the continued improvement in its funding terms with a marked cut in its spread and coupon since its last offering.
