UniCredit

UniCredit has appointed Vicenzo Tortorici global head of the financial institutions group, with Christian Steffens moving over to become UK country head and London branch manager. The bank made other senior IB appointments, including a new co-head of syndicate.

Euros had to play second fiddle to a rampant dollar market this week, but there was still a steady flow of deals at the smaller end of the size scale.

UniCredit is considering a possible flotation of its asset management business Pioneer Investments, after talks with Santander about a merger with Santander Asset Management failed.

Terna, the Italian electricity grid company, has signed a €500m five year revolving credit facility, a year after repaying a previous club deal.

Mediq, the Dutch pharmaceuticals firm owned by Advent, has launched a €200m dividend recapitalisation, holding an investor call on Wednesday. This follows German industrial services firm Bilfinger offering a €700m term loan at a bank meeting on Tuesday.

The house cleaning started by UniCredit’s new broom, Jean-Pierre Mustier, has thrown up a new IPO prospect: Pioneer Investments, the firm's asset management business, which it had been negotiating to merge with Santander Asset Management.

Shares in Enav, the Italian state air traffic control operator, closed 11% higher on their first day of trading on the Milan Stock Exchange today.

UniCredit's new chief executive, Jean Pierre Mustier, has simplified the bank's management structure, cutting the number of his direct reports, naming a new CFO and COO, and handing Gianni Franco Papa, a broader, group-wide role.

French residential real estate company Foncia on Monday reopened the book for a €800m loan backing its acquisition by a Partners Group-led consortium, after tightening pricing beyond guidance.

The privatisation of Enav, the Italian air traffic control system, reached a successful conclusion on Thursday, proving that large IPOs can still happen in the post-Brexit equity market, even in Italy, where stocks have been hit hard.

Lecta Group, the southern European coated paper manufacturer, on Friday printed a €600m two tranche bond in a high yield market comfortably readjusted to post-Brexit times, as issuance surpassed €2.5bn in five days.

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has in effect told market participants to come back after summer if they want to see any further monetary stimulus — but belief that such stimulus is on the way helped a trio of euro deals this week.