Barclays
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Two corporate bond issuers from opposite ends of the ratings spectrum found similar success with new bonds on Wednesday. The seven and eight year tenors found favour with investors looking to put new cash inflows to work. -
A pair of supranational issuers are this week bringing new currencies to their green funding offerings.
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The UK’s International Public Partnerships has amended and extended its £400m bank facility, keeping the sterling loan market going at full pace after it recorded its busiest quarter in five years at the end of June.
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Two borrowers, Marlink and Iris Software, offered a string of new medium sized leveraged loans this week, following the recent launch of some highly anticipated jumbo deals that sources say have helped renew investor interest in the European market.
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Barclays is working hard to expand its equity capital markets business in Northern Europe, in a bid to capitalise on what it expects to be a busy few years for the region.
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Spain, fresh from its success with a 10 year benchmark on Tuesday, is eyeing a return to the long end of the syndicated inflation linker market towards the end of the year.
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Barclays has hired from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and also promoted two others to lead the digitisation of its markets business.
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When 16 banks recently conducted a pilot study on how to analyse climate change risks on their balance sheets, they only published three case studies, and only one bank, Barclays, was willing to put its name to its study.
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Two euro borrowers launched benchmarks on Wednesday, sharing the SSA euro market. While both secured successful deals, one found the market tougher going, as investors pushed back.
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A pair of borrowers have hit screens for euro benchmarks to be sold during Tuesday’s session, but another nipped in ahead of the rush to price on Monday.
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Speciality chemicals maker Synthomer and hotel group Radisson Hospitality began roadshows for debut high yield bond offerings in the European market this week, undaunted by recent investor pushback. Meanwhile, Smurfit Kappa, the packaging group, added LBO funding to the high yield pipeline.
