Bank of America
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India’s Neerg Energy sold a $475m green bond on Monday — the second green dollar transaction from Asia this year. The deal introduced a new structure to the market, but investors’ concerns were allayed by the issuer’s robust credit story. -
Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama (Buma), which services Indonesia's coal industry, pulled in an impressive $2.2bn book for a $350m bond this week, after taking care to meet investors and address their concerns about its relationship with defaulted miner Berau Coal.
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The market for public sector euro issuers is springing back to life after a quiet week, with two benchmarks printed on Monday and a sovereign dual tranche expected on Tuesday. But although traffic is returning, conditions are no longer as supportive as in January.
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Shares in Banco Comercial Português rose as much as 9.3% on Monday after it announced late on Friday the successful completion of its €1.33bn rights issue to strengthen its core tier one capital ratio and finance the redemption of contingent convertible bonds owned by the Portuguese government.
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Power companies were at the forefront of the international market on Monday, with India’s Neerg Energy and Indonesia’s Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama launching high yield dollar deals.
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Xella increased its €1.4bn buyout term loan for a second time on Thursday morning, adding another €50m in lieu of a proposed shareholder loan, while US software firm Infor did the same on its €750m term loan.
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Activity is trickling back into Asia ECM as bankers return to their desks post Chinese New Year, with several Hong Kong IPOs looking to start pre-marketing and a Thai name testing investor appetite.
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Bank of America set a new precedent for the callable TLAC senior product in euros this week, bursting into the market with a €4bn trade bearing the first fixed to floating rate notes the sector has seen. The structure will come to define the future of the callable market in Europe, writes Tyler Davies.
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Europe’s equity block trade market kicked into a higher gear this week, with a rush of deals including big trades in Lonza, Worldpay and Dong Energy. The Dong trade on Thursday night, worth Dkr6.5bn (€874m), pushes the week’s total above €3bn.
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The Green Bond Principles could be adapted to include clarification on the types of assets eligible for financing from the market, according to a sustainability consultant at Vigeo Eiris. The topic has grown in importance after France’s debut sovereign green bond last week included intangible assets among its use of proceeds.
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Parkdean Resorts accelerated commitments on its £575m ($722m) buyout seven year term loan ‘B’ this week alongside several issuers who came to reprice sterling deals, as more cash pours into non-CLO investment accounts.
