Barclays
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Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional is gearing up for its first Islamic bond in dollars, having mandated banks to arrange a roadshow. -
Ascential and Countryside Properties this week swelled the ranks of London’s declared IPO hopefuls, which already included CMC Markets and CYBG, as the UK ramps up to what is expected to be a busy IPO season.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $46bn seven tranche bond issue this week defied expectations that the brewer would have to pay up to finance its takeover of SAB Miller. InBev took out nearly two-thirds of its acquisition financing in one go.
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A strong start to public sector dollar issuance in 2016 fell away this week, as volatile swap spreads returned and worries over the health of the Chinese economy made printing further along the curve difficult.
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The Iberian Peninsula was host to a duo of barnstorming sovereign benchmarks this week, but there was no consensus among bankers over whether they signified an appetite for sovereigns at the lower end of the European credit quality spectrum.
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A series of oversubscribed deals among core issuers could encourage Austria to seek a print in the current market.
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The Slovak Republic sold its €1bn 15 year bond on Thursday in what proved another lesson for bond syndicates in how inaccurate CEE sovereign secondary curves can be as a measure of where to price new bonds.
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Portugal equalled its largest ever benchmark size with a visit to the 10 year part of the curve on Thursday, taking the week’s overall sovereign euro issuance to a record high.
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Portugal equalled its largest ever benchmark size with a visit to the 10 year part of the curve on Thursday, taking the week’s overall sovereign euro issuance to a record high.
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FIG issuance ground to a halt on Thursday as borrowers paused to reflect on weak secondary trading and a global sell-off in equities, leaving Dexia Crédit Local alone in the market.
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The Slovak Republic has firmed price guidance for its 15 year bond to 38bp over mid-swaps, with the book size standing at more than €800m.
