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Aston Martin’s rescue financing was battered by brutal markets late last week, with the Crossover widening around 40bp between announcement and pricing, and risky triple-C rated bonds selling off still further. Tuesday’s price talk of high 8% to 9% proved far too ambitious for the troubled UK car manufacturer and the deal eventually cleared at 10.5% on Friday afternoon, with investors offered extra upside through a longer non-call to tempt them into the book.
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Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co was forced to pay 50bp more than it expected for a new $500m three year bond on Thursday, despite trying to appeal to investors with a positive spin on its future fundraising plans. -
BNP Paribas has shaken up its advisory business to address underperformance in its home market, but this must be more than a quick fix to restore national pride, writes David Rothnie.
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A Climate Bonds Initiative and Credit Suisse document on ‘financing credible transitions’ may help to create a market standard for judging when a company is moving to a net-zero carbon future. One of its creators said that, in theory, firms could raise dedicated transition equity as well as debt.
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Aston Martin, the British luxury carmaker, has arranged a new financing package to strengthen its balance sheet and cash reserves as it embarks on an ambitious new partnership with German car giant Mercedes-Benz, to start producing electric cars. The bond leg, however, was launched into a difficult market, with the Crossover widening sharply during the first day of bookbuilding.
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This week in Keeping Tabs: how the European Central Bank could decarbonise its corporate bond book, how digital banks would suffer if the Bank of England goes negative, and what UK financial services policy could look like after Brexit.
