Commerzbank
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The Joint Laender reached its 50th deal two months after it was forced to postpone a planned transaction, printing a €1.5bn seven year benchmark that proceeded smoothly this time round.
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Two UK borrowers, Kier Group and Laird, are marketing their first ever Schuldscheine, as UK borrowers return to the market after a long break. -
The European Investment Bank built a book of €8bn for a 10 year Earn on Tuesday as the 10 year Bund yield fell to a 12 month low, leading bankers on the deal to suggest tougher times may lie ahead for euro issuers.
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Private placement specialists are starting to think about convergence between the France-based Euro PP market and Germany’s Schuldschein, according to speakers at Rencontres Euro PP, an industry gathering in Paris on Tuesday.
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A slew of unusual CEEMEA issuers this week announced plans to meet with investors: Global Ports Investments, Kenya, Ahli Bank Qatar and Alternatifbank. Some are specified as non-deal meetings while others are focussed on specific deals.
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German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has become the first borrower to issue an accredited green Schuldschein, leading the way for more deals to come.
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Will euros or dollars dominate SSA bond issuance in the second quarter? Debate over the direction of primary markets broke out this week with issuers scheming arbitrage trades in euros, while others believe the dollars will win out. Craig McGlashan reports.
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Deutsche Post, the German courier, issued a €1.25bn dual tranche bond on Wednesday, winning a large order book as investors hurled money at the market.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles issued €1.25bn of unsecured bonds on Wednesday, the second crossover deal in the European corporate bond market this week.
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A trio of issuers in euros joined the sole dollar SSA benchmark deal this week in a flurry of pre-holiday activity, with a banker away from the this week's action remarking that the terrorist attacks in Belgium were likely to have a limited effect on SSA deals.
