Barclays
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Spanish telecoms provider Telefónica hit the euro market on Tuesday for a dual tranche offering that tested the outer limit of investors’ appetite for long tenors. -
Barclays opened the sterling market for bank senior debt for the first time in 2017, bringing in more loss-absorbing debt amid growing concerns around a ‘hard Brexit’.
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KommuneKredit and Unédic have both pulled off strong trades, getting in ahead of what is expected to be a busy week in euros by coming to market on Monday.
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The Nordic Investment Bank and Rentenbank brought sterling deals on Monday, adding to a busy start to the year for a market that has retained stability despite currency fluctuations around the latest speculation on Brexit.
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Tuesday’s dollar market is set to be packed to the rafters, with a quartet of issuers out with trades and most of the focus at the five year part of the curve.
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The European high yield market on Monday fired its opening shot of 2017 with a deal from TalkTalk. The UK telecoms provider is seeking £300m of five year non-call two senior unsecured notes.
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Lloyds Bank tapped the covered bond market for a three year floating rate deal on Monday, the fourth year in a row that it has issued the instrument in early January.
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The dollar covered bond market is in good shape, and it seems likely that issuers will want to follow the success of Bank of Montreal which last Wednesday issued the first benchmark of the year at a cheaper cost and in larger size than its previous deal issued six month ago.
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The UK Debt Management Office has picked the maturity and timing for a scheduled bond sale later this month. Elsewhere in sterling, a pair of issuers added deals to a bumper opening week that fell just short of a record.
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It’s a back-to-the-future new year for Barclays as it forges ahead with its strategic repositioning — the latest moves in what feel like decades-long twists and turns into and out of Africa and investment banking.
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KommuneKredit will be first out the blocks in a major currency for the second week running this coming Monday, after mandating banks for a new benchmark on Friday.
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