UniCredit
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German car leasing company Sixt has launched a Schuldschein with an initial size of €200m, according to two Schuldschein market participants. -
Italy’s UniCredit was able to raise €1bn of new tier two capital without having to pay a large premium on Wednesday, adding to recent evidence that the subordinated debt market is in rude health.
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Southern European banks were given a lift at the beginning of the week, when they emerged from the European Central Bank’s annual supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP) with their capital requirements broadly unchanged.
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Shares in Symrise, the German supplier of food flavouring and fragrances, rose as much as 2.1% on Friday morning after the company completed a €400m capital increase to finance its acquisition of International Dehydrated Foods in the US.
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The theme in the euro public sector market this week was large book sizes despite issuers paying very little concession, with Finland, the European Investment Bank (EIB), Madrid and the Joint Länder all keeping close to their curves.
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UniCredit has hired Richard Burton to lead its corporate and investment banking operations, alongside a host of other changes to its senior staff, as it looks towards a future strategy. On Thursday it revealed results welcomed by analysts.
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GlobalCapital revealed the winners of its 2018 Loan Awards at its annual Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance Awards Dinner at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London on February 6. The complete results are below. GlobalCapital congratulates all the winners and nominees.
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Italy passed a test at the long end of the curve with a final order book of over €41bn for a 30 year syndication on Wednesday — far surpassing its previous record book that was set only last month.
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Here Technologies, the Dutch provider of mapping and location services, has signed a €500m credit facility. Some European loans bankers insist they are swamped with deals, even though they have just finished the quietest January for years.
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Gazprom, the Russian state oil and gas company, has released price guidance for its seven year dollar benchmark bond, offering a 15bp new issue concession, according to investors. Credit Bank of Moscow is also queued for a return to the international bond markets next week in euros. Russian issuers are re-emerging after some of the US sanctions were lifted last month, improving sentiment.
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Green bond watchers are putting out their forecasts for issuance this year, hoping for a return to growth after a disappointing 2018. The year has started decently, with at least $6bn issued so far, including this week’s debut issue from Telefónica, hailed as the first from the telecoms sector.
