Bank of America
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Sovereign, supranational and agency bankers are waiting for a borrower — possibly Sweden — to attempt a benchmark in the belly of the curve to test the strength of sentiment after extreme volatility in US Treasury markets last week led to a pair of undersubscribed deals in dollars. -
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP)’s new five year fixed rate note was six times over-subscribed on Tuesday. The Aa3/A+/AA- rated borrower offered investors something of a safe haven play amid the recent market volatility and strong demand drove pricing flat to the issuer’s existing curve.
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The European Stability Mechanism took a novel approach to the sale of its shortest dated bond to date on Tuesday, printing a two year deal with what is understood to be the first ever 0% coupon on a benchmark from a supranational or agency. Agence Française de Développement is set to mimic the ESM’s tenor on Wednesday, after mandating banks for a long two year on Tuesday afternoon.
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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) is out with guidance for its second dollar bond of the year. It priced a three year floating rate note in May.
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The European Stability Mechanism has opted to sell what will be its shortest dated bond to date on Tuesday, after mandating banks for a two year bond on Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia grabbed some funding at the long end of the curve.
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Chilean power company E-CL was set to announce a long awaited bond issue on Monday morning after capital markets showed signs of stability towards the end of last week. The outcome will be of particular interest to SQM, the Chilean chemical firm that announced its bond roadshow on Friday.
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Chilean power company E-CL opted not to issue a planned bond on Thursday as LatAm DCM and syndicate bankers said they would be in no rush to issue during periods of volatility.
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UK electronics components distributor Premier Farnell has completed a £250m amendment and extension of its loan facility, after refinancing its US private placement in August.
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Asian insurers are making their presence felt in the international debt market after Korean Reinsurance (Korean Re) became the fourth name to issue a bond in six weeks. While market participants are quick to point out that the deals are unrelated, they predict more is coming from the sector as Asia makes the step up to Solvency II, write Virginia Furness and Rev Hui.
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Bank of America has managed to beat analysts’ expectations and post a third quarter profit of $168m, which compared to a figure of $2.5bn from the same time last year. Once again, the beleaguered bank has had to put huge conduct charges through the quarter's P&L.
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A portion of Tata Steel’s $5.6bn borrowing, which has been in senior syndication since July, finally launched into general on October 13, with five banks joining the original 11 leads. The money will be used to refinance the outstanding portion of the debt Tata took to fund its acquisition of Europe’s Corus Group.
