Banks
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Many of the assumptions that surrounded older iterations of perpetual bank capital instruments are still there in the new class of additional tier one securities. -
KfW set yet another landmark for a supranational and agency sterling market enjoying its best ever start to the year, as the German borrower drew a big book while placing the longest dated new issue of the year so far on Wednesday.
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The theme in the euro public sector market this week was large book sizes despite issuers paying very little concession, with Finland, the European Investment Bank (EIB), Madrid and the Joint Länder all keeping close to their curves.
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US private placement (US PP) investors are considering whether the UK's support services industry is worth the risk after Interserve was forced into a debt for equity swap, with the dust still to settle on Carilion’s liquidation. Silas Brown reports.
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Italy received record-breaking demand for a long end syndication this week, overtaking its previous record set only last month. But it wasn’t all positive for Italy, as its bonds took a hit after the European Commission cut the country’s growth forecast on Thursday.
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Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) laminated its SSA membership card this week as it tightened pricing while equalling its largest ever dollar benchmark for size — despite political turmoil in one of its shareholders.
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A last minute additional tier one deal from Banco Santander this week had investors crossing their fingers in the hope that they can survive 2019 without seeing a bond being extended past its first call date.
