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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 65,626.08 334 5.46%
2 Citi 63,129.00 324 5.26%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 60,145.60 318 5.01%
4 Barclays 53,455.07 233 4.45%
5 Morgan Stanley 44,764.71 268 3.73%

Bookrunners of Euro Denominated Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Barclays 16,156.11 43 8.07%
2 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 13,141.46 53 6.57%
3 BNP Paribas 12,649.28 73 6.32%
4 Deutsche Bank 11,922.97 60 5.96%
5 Citi 11,677.27 53 5.83%

Bookrunners of European HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount €m No of issues Share %
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1 Deutsche Bank 2,970.40 18 8.22%
2 Citi 2,605.77 18 7.21%
3 BNP Paribas 2,567.12 24 7.10%
4 JPMorgan 2,522.43 19 6.98%
5 Goldman Sachs 2,128.73 17 5.89%

Bookrunners of Dollar Denominated HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 14,300.49 115 9.86%
2 Citi 13,126.25 106 9.05%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 10,825.27 91 7.46%
4 Goldman Sachs 10,521.81 79 7.25%
5 Morgan Stanley 8,720.88 66 6.01%

Bookrunners of European Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 12,515.88 54 5.42%
2 BNP Paribas 12,352.71 71 5.35%
3 Citi 12,116.90 53 5.25%
4 JPMorgan 10,853.37 48 4.70%
5 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 10,703.57 44 4.63%