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Bifurcation is emerging in how investors treat the hyperscalers
◆ Japanese financial services group's UK arm prints three year bond ◆ Orderbook falls as issuer prices 'very tightly' ◆ Week front-loaded ahead of ECB meeting
◆ Only euro IG corporate deal on Monday ◆ Issuer slashes the spread and increases size ◆ Single digit concession spotted
High yields are keeping investors interested for now
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North American private placement (PP) lenders are being routinely chosen over UK investors by borrowers in sterling, as a consequence of increasing advantages won through cross currency swaps, US PP participants have said. -
Euro PP market players are growing confident that widening spreads and growing volatility in the unrated and high yield public bond markets will drive an increase in the average deal size in their market in the coming six months.
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Schuldschein market participants expect an uninspiring pipeline for the next few months as the hangover of 2017's pre-funding spree is felt in the first half of this year. But traditional arrangers hope the itch to win mandates is satisfied by a search for borrowers from new regions, and not a scurry down the credit spectrum.
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Private placement investors have noted a widening in secondary market spreads for the bonds of UK utilities. That means they may be able to price private placements for these borrowers within their outstanding sterling bond curves, depending on maturity, which has not been easy in the last few years.
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The Schuldschein market's first quarter of the year did not exceed its participants' wildest dreams. German speaking borrowers have maintained a healthy deal flow, but landmark deals from exotic locations have been lacking, leaving arrangers frustrated.
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Debt bankers in Hong Kong were back after a four-day Easter break on Tuesday to some disappointing issuance numbers from the first quarter of the year. But with a decent pipeline of deals, they are keeping their fingers crossed for a pick-up in activity.
