Commerzbank
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Crossover credit Inwit showed that the return of risk demand is still going strong this week, with the Italian wireless infrastructure company drumming up €3.7bn of demand for its trade.
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A pair of European banks approached the euro senior market in different ways on Tuesday: Iccrea targeted a smaller pool of investors with its delayed callable debut, while BFCM went big with a blowout long 10 year.
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Tesco, the UK grocer, has refinanced its sterling facility with a £2.5bn sustainability-linked deal that uses risk-free rates as a benchmark, as companies try to get to grips with the end of Libor.
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Unédic returned for another social benchmark on Thursday, adding to the slew of successful French agency SRI-themed paper.
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Dürr, the unrated German mechanical and plant engineering firm, is guiding investors on its final day of marketing towards it issuing a €250m bond with a yield aligned to issuers in the double-B ratings bracket.
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BNP Paribas made use of a conducive backdrop this week to build a strong orderbook for a new green non-preferred senior deal.
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German electricity transmission firm Amprion launched Schuldschein and Namensschuldverschreibungen (NSV) notes on Wednesday, becoming the first borrower to launch a deal into the market this month. Bankers are gearing up for a busy fourth quarter.
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Bank Nederlandse Gementeen kicked off a busy week for socially responsible bond issuance by public sector borrowers with a well-received 12 year sustainable bond, its longest ever deal in that format.
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InterContinental Hotels (IHG), the UK hotel group, sold sterling and euro debt on Thursday without paying a concession, as market technicals and the potential for a substantial coupon increase proved enough to sweep away investors’ concerns about the sector.
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The UK’s InterContinental Hotels and Italian airport Società Esercizi Aeroportuali have mandated for bond issues, giving investors another attempt to pick up some potentially higher yielding debt than has been on offer recently.
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French agency Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale returned to the euro social bond market on Tuesday, equalling its impressive achievement earlier this month to print another €5bn deal.