UniCredit

UniCredit’s chief executive, Federico Ghizzoni, has been forced out. There are grumblings about the bank’s low capital levels, high costs, and sprawling strategy, and suggestions that UniCredit needs to sell assets and build capital.

Artsana, the Italian babycare products manufacturer, has replies due on Thursday for its €575m debt package backing InvestIndustrial’s 60% equity stake acquisition.

CVC Capital Partners is set to close two leveraged buyouts at early bird stage for Tipico, the German gaming operator, and Doc Generici, the Italian generic pharmaceutical firm.

UniCredit has appointed Amit Dewan to the newly created position of head of financing and advisory for Asia Pacific, furthering bolstering the bank’s operations in the region.

Instituto de Crédito Oficial has sold what some bankers believe may be the first negatively yielding bond from a Spanish issuer.

Airbus has released price talk on a €425m term loan, while First Data, the US payments technology firm, priced its euro term loan at an unusually tight margin on Monday.

UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo both escaped having to deduct the Atlante fund’s rescue of Banca Popolare di Vicenza from their capital. But the firms took very different equity damage from the debut deal, despite each owning a €300m stake. Owen Sanderson reports.

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Guarantor: Federal Republic of Germany

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank could add its name to the growing list of public sector green bond issuers, according to its president, as a more seasoned issuer brought its longest dated bond in the format.

DG Hyp and Deutsche Hypo launched the only two benchmark covered bonds of the week, and though both deals were priced tightly, they attracted a lot of demand.

Water management provider Suez Environnement on Thursday launched the only deal of the day, a €500m note that printed with a small new issue premium.