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Highly valued companies that are yet to make any money are enjoying a strong reception in the US high yield market. WeWork and Netflix were the latest to sell bonds this week, despite questions over WeWork’s accounting, which turned a $933m loss into $233m of earnings. David Bell reports. -
Two issuers with double-B ratings, Darling Ingredients and Avast, achieved substantial financial cost savings with repricings this week, as pricing for top rated paper still looked attractive despite a recent uptick in spreads.
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The benchmark US Treasury 10 year yield moved through the 3% level this week, creating what some say was unnecessary panic in the market. That was clearly reflected in the dollar bond issuance in Asia, with some borrowers ploughing ahead with well-received 10 year transactions and others ditching the tenor altogether. Addison Gong reports.
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Europe’s supply and demand in primary markets for corporate high yield debt has eased and fund managers like the new climate. Lower supply would afford debt buyers a better opportunity to check on deals and push back when needed, some said this week.
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One piece of information all parties focus on for new corporate bonds is the premium the issuer pays. For much of last year and the early part of this, the premium at any given time was broadly applied across all new issues, but investors have forced syndicates to be more precise in what over what individual issuers pay.
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Beijing Enterprises Water Group (BEWG) raised $500m on Tuesday to retire a bond maturing in May, finding support from investors despite the numerous unrated state-owned options available to them.
