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High yields and tight senior/sub spread fuel enthusiasm for issuance among investors and issuers
◆ German utilities firm debuts hybrid bonds weeks after first senior deal ◆ Books shrink as issuer pushes tight ◆ Trade lands inside peers
◆ Swisscom pushes senior/sub spread close to record tights ◆ Tennet Germany lines up debut hybrid ◆ Hybrid volumes run ahead of 2025
◆ Books sticky throughout execution ◆ Debut deal lands tight ◆ Commitment to single-A rating drives first time trade
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Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden (SBB), the Swedish social infastructure and residential property investment company, has mandated banks to lead a €500m no-grow perpetual non-call 5.25 year hybrid capital bond issue. Bankers off the trade expect it to fly. -
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.
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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.
