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Corp bonds ease off but performance is excellent

Europe's investment grade bond market has slowed from a sprint to a jog, and now to a walk. On Wednesday, Westlake Chemical Corp is the only issuer, taking the baton from the indefatigable Aroundtown, which had kept things going on Tuesday.

  • By Alex Radford
  • 10 Jul 2019

Having finished its roadshow last Friday, the US petrochemicals and plastics company, rated Baa2/BBB/BBB, is offering initial price thoughts of 165bp over mid-swaps for a 10 year euro benchmark via Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs.

“Issuance has slowed down a bit in the ...

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All Corporate Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 76,422.10 393 5.63%
2 Citi 70,157.37 377 5.17%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 69,068.02 373 5.09%
4 Barclays 60,956.59 268 4.49%
5 Goldman Sachs 52,037.90 257 3.84%

Bookrunners of Euro Denominated Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Barclays 20,165.66 52 8.71%
2 BNP Paribas 15,885.30 90 6.86%
3 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 14,134.52 61 6.10%
4 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 14,105.99 45 6.09%
5 Deutsche Bank 13,105.24 66 5.66%

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 7.46%
2 JPMorgan 2,822.43 22 7.09%
3 Citi 2,783.23 20 6.99%
4 BNP Paribas 2,674.33 25 6.72%
5 Goldman Sachs 2,523.29 20 6.34%

Bookrunners of Dollar Denominated HY Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 16,336.99 132 10.01%
2 Citi 14,953.44 126 9.16%
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 12,173.13 103 7.46%
4 Goldman Sachs 12,028.93 93 7.37%
5 Morgan Stanley 9,577.47 74 5.87%

Bookrunners of European Corporate IG Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 15,424.27 88 5.79%
2 SG Corporate & Investment Banking 13,698.52 64 5.14%
3 Barclays 13,517.08 57 5.07%
4 JPMorgan 13,358.35 58 5.01%
5 Citi 13,203.46 60 4.95%