UniCredit

Hapag-Lloyd, the German container shipping company, signed a $372m 12 year loan facility on September 30, to finance the purchase of five new container ships.

Turkey’s Yapı Kredi Bank has signed a $1.2bn-equivalent one year loan, leaving only Garanti left to come in the refinancing cycle for large Turkish banks.

UniCredit has hired Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s former chief financial officer, who resigned from the troubled lender last month.

The increasing attractiveness of euros over dollars has led one public sector borrower to mandate for its first ever benchmark in the currency — and more debut issuers could follow.

A German agency has drawn over €7.5bn of orders for a euro benchmark despite offering a negative yield — leaving bankers puzzled over why no other issuers are hitting screens in the currency.

Gazprom has released roadshow dates for a euro bond, but is going ahead with the meetings without Deutsche Bank on the mandate.

Poste Italiane, the Italian state-owned post office, launched on Monday the investor education phase of its long-awaited, mammoth-sized initial public offering in Milan.

A German agency is set to tackle the short end of the euro curve, as a fall in rates across the curve limits issuers’ options in the currency.

UniCredit agreed to underwrite Banca Popolare di Vicenza’s planned capital increase on Monday. That helped the bank to launch tier two capital bonds into uncertain markets on Friday.

ING Belgium and Bawag received good receptions for their covered bonds issued this week, in contrast to less spectacular outcomes for deals from Westpac New Zealand and UniCredit.

Banco Popular Español (BPE) and Caja Rural de Castilla-La Mancha (CRCLM) issued Cédulas this week that were barely subscribed and relied heavily on demand from the European Central Bank.

Investors could have their first chance in two months to buy tier two debt from a periphery bank as early as Friday, after Banca Popolare di Vicenza hired leads for a 10 year non-call five.