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French utilities firm to jump into Aussie dollars with hybrid and senior bonds
◆ UK utility prints €1.3bn dual trancher ◆ Issuer skips guidance as it masses orders north of €10bn ◆ Longer call leg draws stronger demand
◆ Fourth Reverse Yankee hybrid in euros this year ◆ US utility tightens hard on strong demand ◆ American Tower clears €750m trade with little concession
Energy companies took advantage of record tight spreads as they joined a ‘perfect storm’ of dollar funding
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The European socially responsible investment corporate bond market has made a rampant start this year, with issuance in the first two weeks already more than 10% of the total issued by companies in European currencies in 2019. -
Arkema, the French chemicals company, has issued the second corporate hybrid capital bond in Europe in as many days. Bankers say investor appetite for higher risk securities is almost insatiable.
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Power company Electricité de France has agreed to buy back almost €1.2bn-equivalent of its hybrid capital bonds, marking the end of a busy period for the company in the debt markets.
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Companies surprised the European bond market this week by issuing nearly €8bn of bonds that sailed through the market, obtaining big orderbooks and requiring minimal price concessions. Bankers had thought the market was starting to look worn down for the year, and were not expecting as much supply. When it did come, they thought some of the deals would struggle.
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Following Electricité de France's successful issue of a €500m hybrid capital bond on Tuesday, Ørsted, the Danish energy group, followed on Wednesday with a €600m hybrid, which is also a green bond. And EDF came back for a 50 year Eurodollar issue.
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Unlike in 2016, investment grade bond buyers reaching for yield after the European Central Bank started buying eurozone corporate bonds have been heading first for longer-dated investment grade and subordinated bonds, rather than dipping down into high yield territory.
