Société Générale

LEG Immobilien, the German residential landlord, has raised €823m via the sale of new shares and convertible bonds to fund the acquisition of new properties amid heightened investor interest in the sector.

Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), the central organisation for Ghana’s cocoa industry, is in the process of raising its annual syndicated loan, but bankers say the borrower is running into difficulty as lenders’ risk appetite weakens.

Agence Française de Développement printed a €1bn tap on Tuesday, while Fondo de Amortisacion del Deficit Electrico (FADE) landed €1.2bn at five years.

Exxon Mobil Corp, the US oil major, launched €4.5bn of bonds on Tuesday to establish a euro curve for the first time. Parts of its dollar bonds came under selling pressure as investors looked to swap into the cheaper debt.

Exxon Mobil, the US oil major, is due to establish a bond curve in euros for the first time, as it continues building up cash as the hydrocarbons industry is pummelled by the coronavirus pandemic.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market has started the week on the front foot, with a mixture of deal types for investors to snap up including a rare chance to grab yield on a green bond.

The Republic of Belarus ditched euros on its return to bond markets on Wednesday, printing two dollar tranches on which it was able to ratchet pricing tighter.

It was another scorching day in Europe’s high grade market on Wednesday following further central bank-created exuberance, as investors piled more than €55bn of orders into deals from across the spectrum of ratings and sectors.

Société Générale has promoted Kokou Agbo-Bloua to global head of economics, cross-asset and quant research.

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has returned to the dollar bond market after a six year absence, selling a three-tranche deal that generated $21bn of orders at the peak.

Europe’s corporate bond market burst into life on Tuesday with more than 10 primary deals on screens, as the US Federal Reserve’s plans to buy individual bonds brushed aside fears of a resurgence of Covid-19.

The Republic of Belarus is taking a second run at the new issue market after its first round of marketing ran into Covid-19.