Barclays
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French telecoms firm Altice called on the high yield bond and leveraged loan markets with a €4bn cross-border refinancing deal this week, hoping that improved quarterly results would help investors shake off the apprehension they showed for the credit in March. -
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Investor appetite remains strong for longer dated euro SSA bonds, encouraging the likes of EFSF and KfW to tap the long-end of the curve this week. But the question is: will the demand last, and for how long?
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After three sterling bonds this week from the eurozone, the cross-border issuance in the currency reached its highest ever year-to-date level, according to Dealogic.
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Carmakers took advantage of a light calendar and an improving backdrop to reopen the dollar bond market after a week-long supply drought.
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UK healthcare property company Assura extended the recent run of sterling corporate bond issuance on Thursday when its debut deal became the third trade issued in the currency in as many days.
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The Bank of England has clarified how it will set hurdle rates for banks in its 2018 stress test, featuring systemic risk buffers for the first time and changing the way in which Pillar 2 requirements are calculated through the duration of the exercise.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) on Tuesday priced a €4bn dual-tranche transaction, tapping into a fairly unusual tenor of 35 years.
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A survey of 2,350 bankers has found that NatWest Markets, HSBC and Barclays had the largest proportion of bankers saying they were happy with their 2018 bonuses, while Société Générale, Citi and BNP Paribas had the lowest proportion.
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Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) raised $3.5bn from a triple-tranche bond deal in its first outing in the dollar market since November.
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The European Investment Bank is set to bring the first five year dollar benchmark from an SSA in nearly three weeks — and only the third since the first quarter — after mandating banks on Monday. The issuer will be joined by a triple tranche trade from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
