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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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  • Chinese local government financing vehicle (LGFV) Kunming Rail Transit Group Co made its inaugural appearance in the dollar market on Thursday, raising $500m after a large price tightening.
  • Houlihan Lokey’s European corporate finance land grab has made its fifth acquisition since 2014, writes David Rothnie, at a time when the fluctuations of the credit cycle may be about to lead to more restructurings.
  • Certain US private placement (PP) investors are beginning to fear a turn in the famously prudent market, towards a world with looser financial covenants. Let us hope this remains a fear and does not become reality.
  • High grade corporate bond bankers have warned of near-pandemonium in the UK market if the Conservative Party fails to form a government after the general election on December 12. They fear rocketing spreads and constricted market access during the busy January issuance window.
  • As a nascent feature of the Schuldschein market, secondary trading still hasn’t developed market norms and many remain unclear about the process.
  • Gewobag, the A2/A+ rated German housing company, launched the first Schuldschein with a Euribor floor set below zero in November and the transaction has closed at €650m, according to a source close to the deal. The success of this deal will encourage arrangers to bring more companies to market with negative floors in 2020.