Cushman & Wakefield's Corporate Finance team analysed the activity of 182 European lenders of which, Alternative lenders, including insurance companies, property companies, private equity and debt funds now account for 40% of the total.(16% in Q1 2012).

Ventinveste, a consortium of some of Portugal's top energy and engineering companies, and Ferrostaal GmbH, a project developer with investments worldwide, will build four wind farms in the country, in a €220 million investment that will strengthen the country's renewable energy cluster.

Paris EUROPLACE welcomes the first CNH bond issue by Bank of China Paris, on the Paris financial market, intended to support the financial and business development of French and Eurozone companies active in China.

Fitch Ratings has assigned the Republic of Portugal's USD4.5bn bond a 'BB+' rating. The bond has a coupon of 5.125% and is due 15 October 2024.

The African Development Bank (AfDB), a leading multilateral development bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, and Nomura, Asia's global investment bank, have finalized the terms of secondary distribution of AfDB's food security bonds to Japanese retail investors.