The Netherlands

Rabobank plans to roadshow its debut covered bond next week, while Banco Comercial Portugues will begin marketing a deal after an eight year absence. And after publishing an offering circular this week, Bank Queensland (BOQ) is expected to announce its first deal soon.

Rabobank has mandated leads to take its debut covered bond on the road. Covered bonds will improve Rabobank’s net interest margin and help diversify its investor base, the bank’s global head of long term funding, Sjaak-Jan Baars, told GlobalCapital.

Dutch insurance firm Vivat was looking to sell a new seven year senior transaction to investors on Wednesday, in an unusually structured deal that could open up opportunities for other insurers looking to optimise their capital costs.

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank will add a new item to SRI investors’ menu, after mandating banks on Wednesday to run a roadshow for a debut affordable housing bond.

The victory of Emmanuel Macron in France's presidential election opens wide the window between now and the UK general election for IPOs to be done. The block trades market is also strong, with several large deals completed so far this week.

KfW has sold the largest ever new green bond issue from a supranational or European agency, printing flat to its curve with a green deal for the first time and drawing a remarkably high level of Asian investor interest for a euro trade. More SRI issuance is on the way, after Dutch agency FMO announced a sustainability bond roadshow.

The IPO of VolkerWessels, the Dutch construction and property development company owned by the Wessels family, achieved coverage on its full deal size by Wednesday morning, two working days into the bookbuild.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has tapped a 10 year Australian dollar bond twice in a week, raising A$155m ($116.7m) from central Asian and Japanese investors.

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank tapped a 24 year line for €250m on Tuesday.

VolkerWessels, the Dutch construction company controlled by the Wessels family, has opened the books for its Amsterdam IPO, which could value the business at up to €2bn.

Stocks across Europe enjoyed a relief rally following the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the French presidential election on Sunday, causing the blocks market to burst back into life after muted activity in the week before the vote.

On Monday evening, Stichting Fonds NutsOhra, a Dutch charitable fund, hired JP Morgan to sell a newly created 2.5% stake in NN Group, the Dutch insurer and asset manager, through an accelerated bookbuild that was covered after 25 minutes.