BNP Paribas
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Greater stability in European credit spreads has brought a big reversal of iTraxx index options, say traders, after the volatility skew reached an all time record inversion during the recent Greece debt negotiations.
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World Bank reopened the tricky 10 year part of the dollar curve this week, paving the way for further issuance at the long end by public sector borrowers.
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Numericable has followed the example set last week by its parent company Altice and accelerated an €800m refinancing loan to close for commitments by Friday. -
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Time Warner issued a well received eight year euro bond on Tuesday, as it finally pulled the trigger on a trade that was first mandated at the end of April.
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Bolloré and Eurofins Scientific became the first unrated names to tap the euro market in July this week, showing that the market is back on track by drawing comfortably oversubscribed trades.
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Austrian insurer Uniqa Group proved that subordinated debt is back on the table on Monday, paving the way for Ibercaja to print a tier two.
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The primary market for peripheral European covered bonds leapt back to life this week after a 12 week hiatus, with investors queuing up to buy a series of deals that emerged in quick succession.
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In what was hailed as a momentous, perhaps record breaking, week in high yield finance, Japanese telecoms operator SoftBank took the crown by raising the year’s biggest Asian offshore high yield deal, writes Victor Jimenez.
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Synlab, the German laboratory services provider, is being acquired by private equity firm Cinven. The deal will be partly funded with €1.08bn of high yield debt which was priced on Thursday.
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Numericable has followed the example set last week by its parent company Altice and accelerated an €800m refinancing loan to close for commitments by Friday.
