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Investors maintain orders as issuers push tight, although some limits are appearing
◆ Canadian retail chain lands euro bond close to equivalent dollars ◆ Some concession needed for first new euro line in two years ◆ Minimal attrition as issuer pushes through 100bp barrier
◆ Vier Gas almost six times covered ◆ RCI Banque increases size ◆ Pair price with minimal concessions
Earnings blackouts and higher funding costs to supress April supply
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Syndication of the £4bn bridge loan backing the merger of UK mobile phone company O2 — owned by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica — with Liberty Global’s Virgin Media cable business was signed on Thursday. -
Nomura is eyeing acquisitions and a change in chief executive promises a reboot of its investment banking ambitions, writes David Rothnie.
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Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co and Taiyuan State-owned Investment Group were among the bond issuers on a relatively busy day for the primary dollar market on Wednesday.
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Siemens, the German machinery maker, found plenty of demand for a multi-tranche bond issue on Wednesday, though the inclusion of a two year fixed portion strongly suggests that floating rate notes have become unpopular among corporate issuers.
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Tendam, a fashion retailer, is the latest Spanish company to get syndicated loan backing from the state owned Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO), as sectors hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic lean on state support.
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Muddy Waters has fostered a fearsome reputation as a credible, thorough and forceful short seller whose explosive reports are a danger to anyone harbouring a stake in its intended target. Carson Block, its founder and chief investment officer, told GlobalCapital he has never been wrong about a company he’s shorted, though that doesn’t mean he’s made money from every position he has held. According to Block, monetary policies intended to stimulate markets through financial crises actually corrode them, and stifle accountability for serious failures in corporate governance.
