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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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Elenia, the Finish electricity distribution company, opened books for a €500m no-grow seven-year bond on Thursday, its first issue since Standard & Poor’s upgraded it to BBB+ in November. -
The Loan Market Association is set to restart its Schuldschein working group in February, with a workstream addressing credit restructuring. This is an early sign that the market’s heavyweights are taking this issue — which has damaged the Schuldschein’s reputation in some quarters — seriously.
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France's Saint-Gobain has met the shareholder and regulatory needs for its around €1.3bn purchase of US plasterboard company Continental Building Products, as the acquisitive construction materials company gets the thumbs up from ratings agencies for swerving the debt markets to fund the deal.
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Acea, the Italian multi-utility, issued a long nine year euro bond on Wednesday, stretching out its curve by around a year.
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The Norwegian krone bond market is about to get a spurt of corporate deals. Liquid chemical storage company Stolt-Nielsen and energy group Eidsiva Energi have mandated banks to lead bond issues in their domestic currency.
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Leveraged credit markets are powering ahead with a jam-packed issuance calendar, despite a wobble on Monday when credit indices widened a little on fears about the coronavirus epidemic. On Tuesday spreads firmed up again, though, and bankers bringing new issues have barely broken a sweat all week.
