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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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Loans bankers are puzzled by a probe by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority into whether banks attached improper conditions to loans to companies during the coronavirus crisis. They are concerned the FCA could edge into criticism of the system of bank-client relationships that underpin modern corporate finance, and some believe this is already having an influence on how companies think about mandates.
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The Treasury announced on Tuesday an extension to the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). From May 26 certain businesses can apply for loans up to £200m under CLBILS but there are restrictions on dividend payouts and management pay rises.
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Chinese local government financing vehicle (LGFV) Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Industrial Investment Group closed a club-style $300m bond on Monday.
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The Bank of England is mulling ways to support businesses left out of Covid-19 support schemes, with a focus on sub-investment grade corporates and encouraging lending into the real economy. A securitization structure is being comtemplated via the setting up of an intermediary bank.
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High grade corporates poured into the primary market on Monday, with sentiment noticeably higher as the first trial for a Covid-19 vaccine in the US and easing of lockdown restrictions in Europe cheered markets.
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French retailer Auchan has launched a Schuldschein, the first non-German corporate to enter the market since coronavirus hit European capital markets.