Barclays
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ZF Friedrichshafen, the German car parts maker, sold its first bond on Monday, raising €2.25bn at yields under 3%, in a market supportive of its expansion strategy. -
Brisa Concessão Rodoviária (BCR), the largest motorway concessionaire in Portugal, has issued its first bond since Moody’s restored its investment grade rating late last year.
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Barclays has appointed James Lin as new country manager for Taiwan. Lin has extensive experience in risk management in the island nation.
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Pemex proved all the benefits of treating European investors right on Tuesday, with its first dual tranche issue in euros and largest ever transaction in the currency.
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The European high yield market this week was in ebullient mood as borrowers left behind the Easter holidays and brought a wide variety of deals to market.
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Busy Bee, the UK nursery and early education provider for under-fives, held a bank meeting on Wednesday to market its £210m term loan ‘B’.
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While the public sector bond market in euros faces uncertainty, dollars is providing borrowers with a haven for issuance.
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Leveraged loan supply is set to chug along at low levels through the second quarter, yet despite such paucity of product buyside, discipline is holding firm.
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Klöckner Pentaplast, the German plastic film maker, has accelerated syndication on a €831m-equivalent loan in euros and dollars, designed to refinance debt and pay its shareholders a dividend.
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Investors were eager to buy German media company Bertelsmann’s €1.25bn debut hybrid bond on Thursday, and it achieved tight pricing.
