Barclays
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The African Development Bank and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten kept the positive momentum going in the dollar SSA market this week with blowout five year benchmark trades on Thursday. -
In their different ways, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Nomura and Barclays have come to define the successes and challenges that have shaped banking in the past decade.
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Barclays was looking to sell two tranches of callable senior debt in the yen market this week, following a similar total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) eligible offering from HSBC in Japan.
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Bain Capital has completed the first sale of shares in TI Fluid Systems, the UK maker of fluid delivery systems for cars and trucks, since its IPO last autumn. The deal came in response to several reverse inquiries from investors.
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The African Development Bank is taking indications of interest for its second benchmark of the year, which could complete its syndicated funding programme for 2018.
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UK legal finance firm Vannin Capital plans to go public in the autumn, having filed an intention to float document in London on Monday.
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The deal flow of high yield bonds kept rising in euros and sterling this week. Four new issuers joined the already heavy pipeline, including a euro bond from UK premium car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover.
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Gas asset and infrastructure investment consortium Quadgas made its debut in the sterling corporate bond market on Monday with a £350m 11 year offering. The company had previously raised funds from the US private placement market, but this was its first benchmark public deal.
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Swiss flavours and fragrance manufacturer Givaudan is a regular user of the Swiss franc corporate bond market, but sold its first euro deal this week to help refinance the funding of its €1.25bn acquisition of French natural ingredients supplier Naturex.
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Daimler raised £500m when it reopened the sterling corporate bond market two weeks ago following the summer break — and nothing more was seen in the currency until this week, when two deals raised a combined £1.1bn.
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Dutch grid operator Stedin and French utility Suez offered investors more of the same when they tapped into what has been strong demand for longer dated corporate bonds on the same day, but found that appetite is starting to wane.
