Société Générale
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South Korea's Shinhan Bank has taken its first step into the euro bond market, raising €500m of green funding on the back of €650m of demand. -
Ivory Coast has bolstered loans bankers' expectations that African sovereigns will become a rare source for growth in the market, closing a €300m seven year loan.
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Europe's high grade corporate bond new issue market has opened the week smartly, with almost €2bn of debt raised, as borrowers nip into the market before earnings blackouts interrupt new issuance.
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Three public sector borrowers announced dollar benchmarks on Monday, rekindling the market after a quiet week.
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Russian potash producer Uralkali is going on the road for five year dollar paper, returning to the international market for the first time in six years.
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Corporate, FIG and SSA issuers placed floating rate notes this week, pegged to Euribor, Sonia and Libor. With so many issuers coming to market, bankers are interested to see which other borrowers 'take advantage of the liquidity'.
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The fourth quarter began on a rocky note for global equities but the US high grade bond market has shrugged off concerns about stalling growth and issuance conditions remain strong.
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Banco Santander hit screens this week to sell its first green bond. The deal attracted orders more than five times its €1bn size.
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The UK’s Sonnedix has signed €189m of non-recourse financing, with the independent solar power producer financing an acquisition of 55 MW of generational capacity in northern France.
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Nordgold and Veon Holdings both printed bonds on Wednesday. But a difficult market backdrop forced Veon to print at a smaller size than expected and at a wide end of revised guidance. The execution of Nordgold’s bond seemed smoother, but investors said it was struggling to stay above reoffer on Thursday morning.
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Italy’s first inflation-linked syndication in more than two years hit the market on Wednesday and raised €4bn from a book of €22bn, far outstripping the €6.4bn book for its previous linker sale.
