BNP Paribas
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French institutional investors, who dominate the Euro private placement market, are expecting a rise in issuance soon after the European Central Bank withdraws from buying corporate bonds. They expect their pitch to issuers will be that much sweeter as yields in the bond and Schuldschein markets rise. -
UK property company Hammerson has signed a new £1.5bn three year revolving credit facility, bringing in a dozen banks for a financing aimed at slashing the funding costs of its acquisition target, Intu.
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Shinhan Bank was forced to pay a new issue premium (NIP) to complete its Basel III-compliant tier two deal on Monday, like most other issuers in recent weeks. But the South Korean borrower still managed to price its bond tighter than expected.
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Funding for leveraged buyouts in the European primary high yield market gained further share of overall issuance this week, as specialty car parts maker LKQ of Chicago sold a €1bn bond for its acquisition of German peer Stahlgruber.
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Two new SRI corporate bonds were priced on Monday, but with very different results. Iberdrola’s green hybrid bond failed to tighten from initial price thoughts, while Danone’s debut social bond had to pay just 2bp of premium.
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The auto finance arm of General Motors opted for shorter maturities to try to ensure the success of its first bond sale of 2018 on Monday. But the €1bn dual-tranche deal only received orders of €1.7bn and the lead managers were only able to tighten one of the tranches from initial price thoughts.
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Analysts expect the iTraxx Europe indices will widen when IHS Markit issues series 29 this week, as the indices will for the first time reference French non-preferred senior bonds in place of ordinary senior unsecured obligations.
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Côte d’Ivoire took combined books of €4.8bn for its milestone dual tranche 11 and 30 year euro bond on Thursday, with investors voicing relief that the issuer had not squeezed pricing too much from the initial talk.
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The going was heavy for dollar borrowers as investors demanded extra concessions amid poor performance as CVS Healthcare’s trade from the previous week appeared to re-price the market.
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Corporate bond issuers who sold their deals earlier the week found execution much easier than those who came later in the week. Strong order books and single digit new issue premiums gave way to premiums of as much as 20bp and one deal having to be downsized.
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Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize is becoming a frequent issuer, as it sold a dual tranche deal this week, six months after its return to the market from a five year absence.
