Natixis

Europe’s high grade bond market hosted issuers at both ends of the rating spectrum on Wednesday, with Italian transmission company Terna and Singapore’s Ascendas Reit finding ample demand for their higher rated debt.

There was little let-up in demand for property companies' bonds on Tuesday, as investors stocked up on Inmobilaria Colonial and debut issuer Sirius Real Estate, before the void of issuance expected from the tail end of this week.

Bank of Cyprus will end a 14 year absence from the senior debt market later this week, as it prepares to issue a preferred senior bond to go towards its minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).

Repsol, the Spanish oil and gas company, is lining up investor meetings to show off its freshly published transition financing framework, after being the first oil major to bring a divisive green bond that is due to mature next year.

French insurer Macif hit all the subordinated formats available to insurance issuers on Monday, as it attracted a bumper €14bn book for a triple tranche deal to fund its acquisition of Aviva France.

Atresmedia and Sipartech came to the euro loan market this week, as lenders say there are already signs of borrowers packing up for the summer.

Ascendas Reit, Singapore’s largest listed business space and industrial real estate investment trust, mandated banks for a debut Eurobond on Thursday, with some analysts saying that the debt markets are underpricing risk for office operators.

Natixis had not expected Brexit to happen, but after the vote, it pushed ahead anyway with plans to relocate staff to London. After four years and one strategic review, the French bank is now in the midst of moving staff back to mainland Europe.

Sipartech, the French fibre optic infrastructure company, has signed a €180m syndicated loan that will pave the way for the company to invest “massively” over the next three years.

China Everbright Bank priced its $600m bond through fair value this week, buoyed by strong demand from the syndicate team helming the deal.

Enel, a long term sustainable finance champion, took €10.4bn of orders for its triple tranche sustainability-linked notes this week, but needed to pay up for longer maturities as inflation worries persisted.

French insurer Macif is set to issue up to €1.75bn of subordinated debt to fund its coming acquisition of Aviva France.