Barclays
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Public sector borrowers are taking advantage of some of the best conditions in the dollar market all year to print jumbo sized deals at the tightest spreads to US Treasuries in months.
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After the extremes of recent weeks, with enormous order books and sometimes negative new issue premiums, Europe’s corporate bond market has reached a steadier cruising speed this week.
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The vogue for gym IPOs looks set to continue, with Basic-Fit of the Netherlands announcing an intention to float on Tuesday. -
World Bank roared into the dollar market on Tuesday with the largest five year benchmark in the currency in over a year, as KfW and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten hit screens with short dated mandates.
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Export Development Canada is to print a long four year sterling bond as demand for paper in the currency defied fears of a possible UK's exit from the European Union.
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DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, has mandated nine banks for a dollar sukuk and is looking to price the deal next week.
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Solihull-headquartered infrastructure product manufacturer Hill & Smith has refinanced its £210m revolving credit facility, extending the maturity by two years.
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The World Bank is set to print a five year dollar benchmark, as bankers expect issuers to focus on the short end this week.
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A £1bn bond from the European Investment Bank last Friday should inspire other issuers to try their luck in the sterling market this week, said bankers.
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Samsonite International has signed a credit agreement with its lenders for the $2.425bn financing it took out to back its takeover of premium luggage maker Tumi, according to a company filing.
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Spain made a storming entrance to the 50 year benchmark club this week, lending weight to the possibility that the tenor could become a more common maturity as eurozone rates scrape along at record low levels.
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