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The article reports on the announcement by state-controlled power company Electricité de France that it is holding a roadshow in Europe and the U.S. for four bonds, two in euros, plus tranches in sterling and dollars. The deal is expected to reach €3 billion to €4 billion and will be arranged by global co-ordinators BNP Paribas, Citigroup and HSBC. The deal would be the company's first hybrid issue aimed to optimize its balance sheet.

The article deals with the positive response of investors to various corporate bond issues in Europe. It offers details of the five year bond from Spanish telecommunications company, Telefónica. Information is provided on the deals from France Télécom and Electricité de France. It relates the deal from SP Manweb, a regional electricity distribution business in Great Britain whose ultimate parent is Iberdrola.

The article reports on the bond issue that was launched by Electricité de France (EDF) in the European corporate bond market in mid-March 2012, raising one billion euro of 15 year debt and 500 million of 25 year money. The deal's global coordinator was Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. The active bookrunners include JP Morgan, Natixis and Société Générale.

The article reports on the developments in the European corporate bonds market. It cites several deals issued by such companies as Volkswagen, Electricité de France (EDF), Vivendi, Carrefour, and Northumbrian Water that attracted huge order books. The bookrunners of the EDF deal include BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Natixis.

The article discusses the bond offer launched by Electricité de France SA (EDF) on October 10, 2011. Joint bookrunners for the deal were Barclays Capital, HSBC, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. The deal was denominated in British pounds sterling and is described as the biggest single transaction in sterling corporate bond since 2009. The EDF deal is compared to an earlier transaction by Imperial Tobacco.

The article reports on the bond launched by Electricité de France (EDF) in the long end of the British pound sterling market on October 10, 2011. The company raised 1.25 billion pounds sterling of 30-year debt, which is described as the largest corporate bond transaction in sterling since September 2009. The bid for long sterling paper from British insurance companies and pension funds is also addressed.

The article reports on the 1.5-billion euro bond issue from EDF, a French power company. BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Natixis serve as bookrunners for the deal. It had a price guidance of mid swaps plus 110 basis points (bp)-115bp for the 15 year tranche and plus 160bp-165bp for the 30 year.

The article reports on the speculations that a 50-year note could be issued after the sale of a 1 billion British pound, 40-year corporate bond deal by Electricité de France in September 2010.

The article reports on the impact of weak secondary market performances on corporate bond offerings in April 2010. Among the corporate bond offerings affected was the 1.5 billion euro 20 year issue from French utility EDF. Bankers blame the uncertainty in the market for the subdued week for the European corporate bond market.

The article presents information on a bond issue by Electricité de France SA.

The article discusses efforts by European companies to raise money by selling bonds to retail investors. Italian firm Eni and French utility EDF have successfully participated in the retail market, and Enel of Italy plans to target both institutional and retail investors with a forthcoming ten-billion-euro issue.

This section offers news briefs related to the credit market. The largest ever single tranche corporate issue in sterling was launched by Electricité de France with a £1.5 billion 25 year deal. An aggressive level for a long eight year transaction was targeted by BG Energy Capital. Non-British investors are becoming increasingly involved in sterling while traditional sterling investors are allowing borrowers to print deals at the longer end of the market.

The article reports on the two tranche corporate bonds issued by Electricité de France. The corporate bonds was launched on March 3, 2009, with maturity dates on March 27, 2012 and 2017. Bookrunners for the bonds are ABN Amro and BNP Paribas. According to the bookrunners, institutional and retail investors and asset managers bought both tranches, the shorter one has more private banking orders, the longer more institutional.

The article presents information on the corporate bond deal issued by EDF on January 16, 2009 in the euro-bond market. The combined value of the 2-tranche is €4 billion. Bookrunners for the bond deal are Calyon, RBS and Société Générale. EDF had printed €2 billion of four year paper at mid-swaps plus 210 basis point just before Christmas of 2008, but there was more interest in the name.

The article presents an update on the corporate bond market in Europe. The German utility group RWE is selling water company Thames Water which was expected to come in four sterling tranches. RTE, the French national electricity grid, issued its Eu1 billion 10 year rated double-A inaugural deal. Air France issued a Eu550 million debut deal led by Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, HSBC and Société Générale.