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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 54,441.15 272 5.42%
2 Citi 54,133.78 267 5.39%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 50,995.02 256 5.08%
4 Barclays 47,764.00 195 4.75%
5 Deutsche Bank 38,371.19 190 3.82%

Bookrunners of Euro Denominated Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Barclays 14,831.20 37 9.18%
2 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 11,124.69 41 6.88%
3 Deutsche Bank 10,204.94 51 6.31%
4 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 10,069.16 30 6.23%
5 BNP Paribas 9,682.74 53 5.99%

Bookrunners of European HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount €m No of issues Share %
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1 Deutsche Bank 2,336.07 15 8.07%
2 JPMorgan 2,260.62 16 7.81%
3 BNP Paribas 2,167.79 20 7.49%
4 Citi 1,935.99 15 6.69%
5 Goldman Sachs 1,890.62 15 6.53%

Bookrunners of Dollar Denominated HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 12,395.10 95 10.16%
2 Citi 11,358.11 88 9.31%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 8,530.25 71 6.99%
4 Goldman Sachs 8,483.82 60 6.95%
5 Morgan Stanley 7,524.77 55 6.17%

Bookrunners of European Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 10,680.43 42 5.76%
2 Citi 10,190.79 41 5.50%
3 Barclays 9,097.64 39 4.91%
4 BNP Paribas 8,968.95 50 4.84%
5 Deutsche Bank 8,508.56 48 4.59%