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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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United Utilities Water hit screens with a £250m no-grow 18 year bond on Monday, with sterling issuers finding a warm market despite the UK having officially left the EU last week.
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Volkswagen Financial Services hit the sterling market on Monday, with the issuer seeming to print at a low single digit new issue premium as the primary market remains heavily weighted in favour of borrowers. -
Adani Transmission has priced a $310m US private placement, becoming the first Indian company to raise money in that market since 2007. Although some investors still feel scarred by an Indian incident a decade ago, many see this as the dawn of an Indian PP revival.
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BPHA, a housing association headquartered in Bedford, is looking to sell US private placements, according to several market sources, as private debt remains readily available for UK HAs.
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Jes Staley’s strategy has been vindicated, with Barclays’s corporate finance bankers having a banner year. But it has to invest in its European franchise to cement its credentials as the region’s leading investment bank, says David Rothnie.
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UK soft drinks company Britvic has entered the US private placement (USPP) market via Rabobank and Santander, on the hunt for sterling debt. As the issuer is a regular and well-loved borrower among institutional investors, the transaction has been described by one banker as “as easy as they come.”
