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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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GSO Capital Partners, the credit unit of private equity firm Blackstone, has raised roughly $4.5bn for its second European direct lending fund, according to an SEC filing. But as the coronavirus pandemic wrecks corporate balance sheets, several sources are concerned with how European companies will fare. -
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.
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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.
