Goldman Sachs
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State-owned Qatar Petroleum was in the bond market on Monday with a multi-tranche bond that included a Formosa issue. Investors, meanwhile, say they expect the sovereign — one of the only Gulf states to have been absent from markets so far this year — to sell bonds imminently. -
Alpha Bank, the Greek banking group, has begun bookbuilding for its €800m share sale intended to strengthen its balance sheet as it enters a new stage of growth following the clean-up of Greece’s banking sector since the eurozone crisis.
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Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing has launched its New York Stock Exchange IPO, aiming to raise $4.03bn from the largest China-into-US listing since Alibaba Group Holding’s jumbo $25bn deal in 2014.
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A smattering of smaller euro issuers made the most of an attractive window this week, as they looked to use the stable conditions to take “some risk off the table” ahead of the summer break.
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond market had a patchy week of issuance, with borrowers dancing around the overhang from the US Federal Reserve meeting and Thursday’s Bank of England equivalent.
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The Republic of Slovenia debuted in the sustainable bond market this week when it sold its third debt offering of the year. It is only a matter of time, bankers said, before sovereigns across central and eastern Europe embrace the ESG debt markets.
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Snam, the Italian energy infrastructure company, managed only a tepid reaction from the market on Thursday with a 10 year transition bond, as highly rated names continue to find it tough to get full throated support at such tight levels.
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Generali was in the market for a tier two bond with a sustainability label on Thursday, its first issue from its newly minted framework.
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Hong Kong's CK Asset Holdings, previously known as Cheung Kong Property Holdings, marketed a dual tranche deal worth $600m on Wednesday.
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The Republic of Slovenia was selling its third bond of the year on Wednesday — a debut sustainability offering. The sovereign, which many investors categorise alongside western European investment grade sovereigns, was set to price the deal tight.
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LEG Immobilien, the German housing company, has mandated for its debut sustainability bond. Bond market participants expecting sizeable demand for it, despite the recent deluge of property deals.
