Commerzbank
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Commerzbank issued a €1bn five year mortgage Pfandbrief on Monday, achieving a spread that was in line with French borrower Compagnie de Financement Foncier (CFF) two weeks ago. The pricing shows that there is no longer a spread between French and German covered bonds, and bankers expect more jurisdictions to catch up soon.
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Tuesday had been a slippery day in the European corporate bond market, as a fall in equities caused two new issues to find underwhelming demand – a knock-on effect that has not happened for a long time. But by Thursday that was all forgotten. Four deals were launched, three of them triple-B rated and three of them 10 years, and all went well. -
French reinsurer Scor ended a long hiatus from the euro market on Thursday, selling a perpetual subordinated deal to a warm reception. The deal stood in contrast to one from Dutch insurer ASR Nederland earlier in the week, which struggled despite juicy pricing.
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Tuesday had been a slippery day in the European corporate bond market, as a fall in equities caused two new issues to find underwhelming demand — a knock-on effect that has not happened for a long time. But by Thursday that was all forgotten. Four deals were launched, three of them triple-B rated and three of them 10 years, and all went well.
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Scor ended a long hiatus from the euro market on Thursday, selling a perpetual callable subordinated deal to a warm reception. With the issuer only offering a small size, it was able to draw a multiple times oversubscribed book.
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Hana Bank brought to market what is only the second ever dollar denominated new-style bank capital deal from South Korea on Thursday, September 25. The bank is offering a RegS/144A 10 year bullet tier two issue.
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General Motors Financial Co will roadshow from Tuesday to Friday next week for its first euro bond.
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Vallourec, the French oil and gas pipeline maker, issued a €500m 10 year bond on Tuesday after building a book of €3.1bn, despite a jittery day for the equity market.
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Vallourec, the French oil and gas pipelines maker, is set to issue a €500m no-grow 10 year bond on Tuesday.
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Monday was a soft day for equities and credit spreads, but BP had little if any hesitation in launching its second large euro bond of the year. The UK oil company’s deal was the eighth big dual tranche deal in euros since BMW set the fashion on August 26.
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Hana Bank has mandated six banks to work on the second US dollar denominated Basel III tier two bond from a South Korean lender with investor meetings scheduled to start on September 22.
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