Rabobank

The SRI bond pipeline for public sector borrowers looks fit to burst, with a string of issuers planning deals and KfW setting a marker with a thumping trade this week.

Rabobank plans to roadshow its debut covered bond next week, while Banco Comercial Portugues will begin marketing a deal after an eight year absence. And after publishing an offering circular this week, Bank Queensland (BOQ) is expected to announce its first deal soon.

Shares in Koninklijke VolkerWessels, the Dutch construction and engineering company, had risen 3.8% by lunchtime when they began trading in Amsterdam on Friday, after the company's €575m IPO had been priced at €23 a share.

Rabobank has mandated leads to take its debut covered bond on the road. Covered bonds will improve Rabobank’s net interest margin and help diversify its investor base, the bank’s global head of long term funding, Sjaak-Jan Baars, told GlobalCapital.

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank will add a new item to SRI investors’ menu, after mandating banks on Wednesday to run a roadshow for a debut affordable housing bond.

The victory of Emmanuel Macron in France's presidential election opens wide the window between now and the UK general election for IPOs to be done. The block trades market is also strong, with several large deals completed so far this week.

KfW has sold the largest ever new green bond issue from a supranational or European agency, printing flat to its curve with a green deal for the first time and drawing a remarkably high level of Asian investor interest for a euro trade. More SRI issuance is on the way, after Dutch agency FMO announced a sustainability bond roadshow.

The IPO of VolkerWessels, the Dutch construction and property development company owned by the Wessels family, achieved coverage on its full deal size by Wednesday morning, two working days into the bookbuild.

VolkerWessels, the Dutch construction company controlled by the Wessels family, has opened the books for its Amsterdam IPO, which could value the business at up to €2bn.

Two commodities companies have rolled out separate syndications into the loan market, with Vitol Asia approaching lenders for $1bn and Gunvor Singapore looking for $800m.

Theresa May stunned the UK on Tuesday by calling a snap general election, but equity capital markets remain calm and the next wave of IPOs is becoming more visible, with two more new deals announced this week.

VolkerWessels, the Dutch construction and property development group owned by the Wessels family, has announced its intention to float on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, over a decade after it was taken private in a buyout.