BNP Paribas
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Euros proved the currency of choice for SSA borrowers on Monday with two new issues, two taps and a mandate in the market across a range of maturities. -
China Construction Bank is set to price the first offshore renminbi bond in more than two months, which bankers say is part of the government’s initiative to open up the dim sum bond market. The notes will also mark the first CNH deal under the newly established NDRC rules.
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The European Investment Bank brought a benchmark that public sector bankers hope can bring some stabilisation to the dollar market, as another supranational eyed up a potential new source of demand.
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Royal Bank of Canada issued the first dollar denominated Canadian deal in three months at the widest spread this year, while Münchener Hypothekenbank supplied the only euro deal of the week.
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TDF Infrastructure, the French broadcasting infrastructure operator, gave investors something to sink their teeth into on Thursday, bringing a €600m bond to a recovering but uneasy corporate bond market.
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Italy blew the doors off the market with the first eurozone periphery sovereign benchmark in a month. And with extra explosives from the European Central Bank, it may have blown a hole big enough for its peers to pile through, writes Craig McGlashan.
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French investment company Wendel bought a €300m no-grow trade to an uncertain, but stabilising, corporate bond market on Monday.
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TDF Infrastructure, the French broadcasting infrastructure operator, gave investors something to get their teeth into on Thursday, bringing a €600m bond to a recovering but uneasy corporate bond market.
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Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell sold its $500m 10 year bond at a yield of 5.95% on Wednesday, having responded to investor requests to limit size and in doing so securing a tight price for the issuer.
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A €600m ($673m) fundraising for a unit of China National Chemical Corp has gone into general syndication, following a senior phase where just two banks came on board. The lacklustre demand has caused the leads to increase the fees on offer to help drum up more interest.
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A eurozone periphery sovereign drew a hefty book for an inflation linked benchmark on Wednesday, paving the way for other countries from the region to bring deals, according to SSA bankers.
