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◆ Deal spans euros, sterling and dollars ◆ Wide range of US TMT comps used ◆ Slim premiums needed for euro tranches
◆ Telecoms firm takes €1.5bn ◆ Some premium needed at the long end ◆ Demand highest for shortest tranche
◆ Japanese firm guides debut euro deal tight ◆ Endeavour attracts strong demand ◆ Sales follow multi-day marketing exercises
Geopolitics takes a back seat as earnings season weighs on euro corporate supply
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Diageo, the UK distiller and brewer, poured a triple tranche trade into Tuesday's busy primary corporate bond market, as syndicate bankers said the high grade companies on screen were the some of the best names to raise spirits.
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BBC Commercial Holdings, a commercial subsidiary of the BBC that produces and sells content to other broadcasters across the world, has decided to delay a £170m debt refinancing in the US private placement market, according to market sources, as bankers struggle to cope with price discovery. -
Confectionery company Néstle, soft drink maker Coca-Cola European Partners and French pharmaceutical company Sanofi piled into Europe's bond market with new issues on Tuesday, suggesting that borrowers are increasingly eager and quick to react when the market shows any signs of stabilising.
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Cuts made to senior staff in the debt markets are coming home to roost now that the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are coming to bear on loans and private placements. Old hands that navigated the previous crises are in short supply as borrowers and investors look to implement deal amendments to cope with a coming recession.
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Wild volatility has again put Europe's corporate bond primary market on hold, but syndicate bankers say the roaring demand for Friday's two transactions by Engie and Unilever shows that there is still a market for issuers willing to accept wider spreads and bigger new issue premiums and nimble enough to leap through an issuance window as soon as it opens.
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Institutional investors in the US private placement market are preparing for a round of covenant waivers, as companies brace for the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Bankers in turn are shelving primary issuance plans and turning their attention to winning amendment mandates.
