Spain

A block in Ferrovial, the Spanish transport infrastructure company that partly owns Heathrow airport, was met with strong demand last night during an accelerated trade.

BBVA was marketing an additional tier one bond on Wednesday, making use of the favourable conditions that other issuers have found for similar instruments in the dollar market, while BNP Paribas, Bank of Nova Scotia and Bawag kept euro investors busy.

Equity capital markets investors are becoming increasingly focused on sustainable investments, particularly those linked to renewable energy. The strength of this demand could be tested this autumn, should Spanish renewable energy firm Zero-E choose to list.

The Spanish non-bank mortgage lender Unión de Créditos Inmobiliarios (UCI) is set to issue an unusual structured covered bond through a special purpose vehicle. The transaction works a little like legacy multi-Cédulas deals, benefiting from a liquidity facility that allows for a soft bullet extension.

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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Banco Santander tapped the sterling market for senior bonds this week and what bankers said were high-quality orders led both issuers to increase the size of the benchmark transactions.

Renewables companies Sonnedix and Solarpack have signed separate project finance facilities totaling €260.6m, with the funding going towards solar photovoltaic plants in Italy and Spain.

Standard and Poor’s has upgraded its ratings for covered bonds issued by Kutxabank, as the Spanish lender looks ahead to a series of redemptions over the course of the next year.

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Acciona, the Spanish infrastructure and renewable energy company, appealed to investors with its green, triple tranche Schuldschein offering, which closed last week at €155m.

Banco de Sabadell launched a senior preferred bond on Wednesday, just as it prepares to enter earnings blackout. The Spanish bank was able take out two thirds of its €1.5bn funding target for the format this year.

Santander set a new milestone in the covered bond market on Wednesday with its €1.5bn 10 year, which was one of the most oversubscribed deals of this size and tenor in years.