BNP Paribas
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Blackstone Property Partners, the pan-European real estate company, got solid demand for its April 2027 bond on Monday, after last week’s tepid reaction from investors to the sector that saw a deal pulled. -
The European Union finally hit screens on Monday afternoon to announce the highly anticipated debut syndicated bond under its Support to Mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) funding programme.
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Italian insurer UnipolSai Assicurazioni will be hoping to launch its first restricted tier one (RT1) bond this week, after which it could retire a pair of its lower quality tier two instruments.
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Millicom International Cellular, the Luxembourg-headquartered telecoms company, has refinanced its main bank credit line with one linked to environmental, social and governance metrics. It claims this is one of the first such deals for Latin America through its reach into the region.
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Asia’s dollar bond market has been swamped with new deals this week. Thursday was no different, with corporate borrowers from Greater China alone raising just over $3bn between them.
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It was a moderate week for supply in the primary euro public sector bond market but the issuers that did come found ample demand, setting up a decent backdrop for the expected arrival of the European Union’s big borrowing programme next week.
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FIG borrowers may be well funded, but rates are low and market conditions are good enough to support opportunistic issuance — as was shown this week by a slate of deals across the capital structure. Given a volatile end to 2020 is likely, issuers will need to stay alert and take advantage of funding windows as they arise, write Frank Jackman and Bill Thornhill.
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High grade corporate bond investors had their pick of crossover deals this week, with Inwit, Veolia and Cellnex offering trades on the periphery of junk ratings, with demand solid as risk appetite remains strong.
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Enel, the Italian energy company, printed the first sustainability-linked bond in sterling this week well through its curve, sparking expectations of far wider issuance in the still fledgling market.
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Ewe, the German utility, braved a shaky day in the markets on Thursday for its €500m no-grow 12 year bond issue, and still managed a single digit new issue premium.
