Banks
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Iberdrola, the Spanish utility, received booming demand for its green hybrid on Tuesday, as the combination of a higher yield and green debt helped books swell to €9.5bn.
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Prologis, the US logistics real estate investment trust, proved that highly rated corporates can still entice investors, with the issuer printing long maturity debt inside fair value despite tight spreads.
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Cyprus attracted sold demand when it hit the market for a new five euro benchmark on Tuesday. The trade was priced with a positive yield – a rarity for a eurozone sovereign bond in this part of the curve.
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Portugal mandated banks on Tuesday to lead the sale of a new 30 year bond as it looks to pounce on the strong investor appetite in the long end of the euro curve.
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The World Bank hit the long end of the dollar market on Tuesday. It was joined in the currency by a French agency issuing at the popular five year tenor.
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Stephen Taylor, previously head of equity capital markets at Macquarie, has joined Houlihan Lokey's ECM advisory team.
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Polish social and mobile gaming company Huuuge will price its Warsaw IPO at Z50, the top of the initial range, valuing the business at Z4.6bn ($1.2bn), according to sources close to the transaction.
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UBS found room for $5bn of new debt in the dollar market this week, starting with a “phenomenal” result for a new additional tier one (AT1) on Monday and ending with a three-part senior offering a day later.
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Danske Bank’s new large corporates and institutions business, headed by Berit Behring, took effect on Monday, with three global client-facing divisions. Loans — grouped with primary and secondary equities and the advisory business — is in a different division from bonds.
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CaixaBank found €3.7bn of demand for a green senior bond on Tuesday, as investors revealed their hunger for new paper. BayernLB could follow with a green deal of its own against the improving backdrop in euros.
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Just Eat Takeaway.com, the Anglo-Dutch online food ordering marketplace, has raised €1.1bn via the sale of new convertible bonds, following rapid growth during the pandemic as more customers ordered food brought to their homes.
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SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co has wasted no time in making its second appearance in China’s onshore auto loan ABS market this year, selling a Rmb10bn ($1.55bn) Rongteng 2021-2 transaction on Monday.