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Cellnex, the highly acquisitive Spanish telecoms infrastructure company, has become the first European issuer to tap the equity-linked market in the wake of the US elections, with a jumbo 11 year €1.5bn convertible bond – the longest maturity seen in the market for over a decade.

Fresh lockdown restrictions added to a sense of anxiety in Europe at the start of the week, with credit markets already on tenterhooks ahead of the US presidential election.

Shares in Spanish solar equipment maker Soltec Power have surged in the aftermarket despite the immense market volatility this week sparked by a surge in coronavirus cases across the European continent, amid huge investor interest in the renewable energy space.

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The IPO of Soltec Power, the Spanish maker of solar trackers for renewable energy generation, is due to be priced at €4.82, the top of the initial range, after attracting strong demand from investors keen to add stocks with strong ESG credentials to their portfolios during the pandemic.

European banks could be set for a wave of calls and tenders on legacy debt instruments, after the European Banking Authority demanded a clean-up this week. Action may not be immediate, however, with markets still seeking clarity on a number of key issues.

Guarantor: Kingdom of Spain

Soltec Power Holding, the Spanish maker of solar trackers for renewable energy generation, has narrowed the price range for its IPO on the Spanish Stock Exchange, after the deal was covered shortly after the launch of bookbuilding earlier this week.

The Spanish treasury has cut its funding target for the year by €15bn as a result of a better income than anticipated, and said it does not expect to issue any more syndicated bonds before the end of the year.

The European Banking Federation (EBF) has called on regulators to be more flexible in handing out minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) to newly merged businesses, as a way of encouraging consolidation.

Spain’s expected bond syndication, thought to be coming this week, now appears unlikely, according to several SSA bankers.

Luminor’s Estonian cover pool will have Latvian mortgages, Bawag’s Austrian cover pool will include Dutch mortgages. And once merger plans are fully completed, Caixabank’s cover pool will include those from Bankia, making it Spain's biggest, with a share of almost a third of the Spanish covered bond market.