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◆ Pearson pays up to reopen UK sterling paper ◆ Investors hungry for scant sterling supply ◆ Fellow UK media firm Informa opts for euros
Strong bid for euro corporate bonds has allowed issuers to squeeze pricing tight
◆ 12 year tranche is longest euro trade in weeks ◆ Issuer goes for price then size ◆ Some concession needed for dual trancher
Investors maintain orders as issuers push tight, although some limits are appearing
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Some big, highly rated US companies have in the last few months begun to negotiate 'holidays' from their credit support annexes - the arrangements with banks that protect both sides when they engage in derivatives transactions. -
Asian investment grade issuers returned to the market in droves this week, giving some welcome supply to investors who have been overwhelmed by high yield names since the start of the year. But the surge is likely to be short-lived. Addison Gong reports.
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Thames Water’s latest crop of holding company private placement debt issues contains language to protect investors from the effect of a Labour government — and particularly leader Jeremy Corbyn's vow to renationalise the water companies. Debt issued under the new documents features a ‘nationalisation event’ that would make it repayable immediately. Owen Sanderson and Silas Brown report.
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French telecoms company Iliad has launched a €300m Schuldschein, joining a parade of French firms raising debt through the market this year.
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Arrangers of Reliance Industries’ debut Schuldschein have sent investors a statement saying that demand “considerably exceeds the initial volume” target of €150m. The success of the transaction came as a surprise to some of the arrangers’ competitors, but is considered a good sign for the market.
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LG Chem, the chemical and battery producing arm of South Korean group LG, launched its first euro and dollar bonds this week, after a long sojourn in the won market. All three tranches, which were also green bonds, were heavily oversubscribed.
