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◆ Italian issuer pairs two sustainable formats ◆ Trade hits size targets ◆ Tight price tests investors' limits
◆ Yield hunters send Orange's book ballooning ◆ Deal lands through fair value ◆ Corporate hybrid supply doubles year-on-year
◆ US drugs firm pays single digit NIP ◆ Friday deals growing more common ◆ Issuer moves ahead of anticipated quiet week
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Chinese car manufacturer BAIC Motor Corp sold a popular $350m bond on Wednesday. While the issuer offered a premium to investors in the primary market, the notes ended up trading tighter in secondary. -
HSBC has agreed to tighten its policies on climate transition and coal funding, in response to a shareholder motion calling on it to phase out fossil fuel financing. The move underlines the power investors have to accelerate change on environmental and social issues using shareholder votes, and could raise the bar for other banks.
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The pipeline in Europe’s investment grade corporate bond market is looking glaringly empty of issuers from the region. Syndicate bankers say they are struggling to see where supply might come from.
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In one of the first pieces of public research on the nascent direct lending asset class in Europe, a report from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School has found that it could grow assets under management by as much as 50% in the medium term, owing to banks retreating from the mid-market and investors looking for higher yields from credit.
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In the first week of March 2020, the Covid-19 news was already hammering the markets and volatility, as measured by VIX, was almost at levels not seen since 2008. Although the VIX reached 28.57 last week, that figure was only around half the value it was this time last year. With the pandemic still going on Primary Market Monitor takes a look at what has changed in bond execution dynamics since then.
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Carpet and tile company Victoria returned to the bond market for its second outing in a month, raising another €250m of debt in a drive-by. Unlike its February issue, however, the new cash will mostly be used to push out its maturities, being earmarked to pay down its 2024s at a punchy make-whole spread of 50bp over Bunds.
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