Barclays
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Beijing Energy Investment Holding (BEIH) has arranged a series of meetings with fixed income investors starting this week for a dim sum bond issue. -
The Spanish and Portuguese electricity businesses of E.On are teasing the leveraged loan market with a pre-launch glimpse of €315m loan facilities backing their €2.5bn buyout by Macquarie and Wren House Infrastructure Management, owned by the Kuwait Investment Authority.
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German pharmaceutical company Merck issued its first hybrid bond, a €1.5bn dual tranche deal, on Monday, less than a week after Volvo issued its first piece of hybrid capital. Merck's notes carry a 2.625% coupon, a record low for corporate hybrid issuance.
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The States of Guernsey entered the bond market for the first time on Friday, having been tempted to bring a deal by ultra low Gilt yields.
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Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary Citizens Bank scored a hit on its senior debt issuance debut amid strong supply from the US financial sector this week.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will imminently launch a deal of up to $2.5bn comprising both an equity offering and a mandatory convertible bond.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will imminently launch a deal of up to $2.5bn, comprising both an equity offering and a mandatory convertible bond.
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Medtronic grabbed the record for the biggest high grade corporate bond issue of 2014 this week, as investors returned from their Thanksgiving breaks keen to put cash to work in one of the busiest weeks of the year.
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Sterling investors worried about a drop in Gilt supply from the United Kingdom this financial year after Wednesday’s autumn statement received some good news on Thursday, as a new issuer mandated banks on Thursday for a debut bond.
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Another rash of block trades appeared in the European market this evening, though not as many as yesterday’s seven. The crop of four deals was led by a trade of €350m in Belgian nappy maker Ontex, where private equity groups TPG and Goldman Sachs are selling down after its IPO in June.
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Whether or not the European Central Bank announces a programme of sovereign quantitative easing at its next meeting on Thursday or — as many analysts predict — in the first quarter of next year, eurozone countries are already taking advantage of the plummeting borrowing costs generated by the expectation of central bank action.
