In short, 2016 was a fantastic year to be a corporate bond issuer in the euro market.
Our congratulations to the winners.
Corporate and high yield bond deals of the year
It was a record breaking year for investment grade corporate bond issuance in 2016, both in overall volumes and individual deal sizes. Not only was a diverse base of issuers able to access the euro market, many were also able to do so in size and at attractive prices, in large part due to the ECB and its accommodative policies, with investors comfortable buying multi-tranche jumbo deals from both domestic and US borrowers.