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Rash of corporate bonds including Philips, Enel win tight pricing

A flurry of corporate bonds came to the European market on Wednesday, and all found strong receptions, suggesting that demand for investment grade credit remains unabated by the rumblings of US-China trade war and President Trump's aggressive noises against Iran.

  • By Alex Radford
  • 15 May 2019

Philips, the Dutch medical technology company rated Baa1/BBB+/A- (all stable), launched its benchmark seven year, its first green bond, at initial price thoughts of 65bp-70bp over mid-swaps. 

Bookrunners BNP Paribas, HSBC, ING, MUFG and Rabobank pulled in a hefty book of €3.3bn and chopped the spread to guidance of ...

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All Corporate Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 91,727.81 452 5.84%
2 Citi 83,791.44 428 5.33%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 81,070.99 416 5.16%
4 Barclays 72,554.64 309 4.62%
5 Goldman Sachs 60,232.09 293 3.83%

Bookrunners of Euro Denominated Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Barclays 20,638.21 54 8.44%
2 BNP Paribas 16,514.56 94 6.75%
3 Deutsche Bank 15,422.56 75 6.30%
4 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 15,340.46 67 6.27%
5 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 14,105.99 45 5.77%

Bookrunners of European HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount €m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 4,728.01 24 9.17%
2 JPMorgan 3,649.83 29 7.08%
3 Deutsche Bank 3,638.27 22 7.06%
4 Barclays 3,441.80 22 6.68%
5 Goldman Sachs 3,389.62 26 6.58%

Bookrunners of Dollar Denominated HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 18,847.11 143 9.44%
2 JPMorgan 18,279.02 147 9.16%
3 Goldman Sachs 14,831.56 109 7.43%
4 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 14,255.85 117 7.14%
5 Morgan Stanley 12,912.93 86 6.47%

Bookrunners of European Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 16,573.16 92 5.71%
2 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 15,343.03 70 5.29%
3 Barclays 15,274.25 63 5.26%
4 JPMorgan 15,018.24 65 5.18%
5 Citi 14,456.99 66 4.98%