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Despite the roadshows crowding high yield bond markets this week, Netflix could not help but draw most attention from investors. Its $2.2bn-equivalent euro and dollar issue on Wednesday was increased and is said to have been three times covered. While the company has $10bn of capital market debt outstanding already, it owes more than $27bn long term to its content providers. -
For the first time this year, high yield bond issuance in Europe is putting the corporate investment grade market in the shade.
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Redco Properties Group returned to the market with a two year note on Tuesday, three months after it priced a larger 364-day transaction.
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After weeks of thin issuance in European high yield, six deals were announced on Tuesday, of which two were true buyout financings, rather than the double-B refinancings that have dominated the market this year.
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Tesco has launched a comprehensive liability management across eight bonds, to be funded by a new issue from its recently updated MTN shelf. The move comes as the UK-based supermarket group teeters on the verge of a full upgrade to investment grade status.
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Dual currency high yield bonds to fund EG Group’s purchase of Woolworth’s petrol stations in Australia hit screens on Tuesday morning, the long-anticipated second slug of a financing part-placed in Australian dollars. The all-bond issue flies in the face of recent market trends, which have seen comparably-rated loans price well inside EG’s initial price thoughts.
