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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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Total, the French oil company, issued a €1.5bn hybrid capital bond on Wednesday, at the same time as launching a tender offer to buy back some of its €2.5bn call February 2021 and €1.75bn call May 2022 hybrids. -
Telefónica, the Spanish telecoms group with €55bn of debt, came to the euro market on Tuesday to refinance two of its hybrid capital bonds. It launched a tender offer for the pair, which now total €1.3bn, and a hybrid new issue to replace them, tacking on opportunistically a 10 year senior bond issue.
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Demand for corporate bonds is strong but it is at its strongest for green and hybrid debt, especially for deals that combine both qualities. On Tuesday, Spanish utility Iberdrola found similar demand for green hybrids to that which Engie and EDP had benefited from in January, and market participants are starting to revise their issuance forecasts for the asset class.
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Abundant supply, a diverse crop of issuers and some rare long-tenor deals characterised Asia’s bond market ahead of the week-long Chinese New Year holiday, setting the stage for a positive February. Addison Gong reports.
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Investors have come out in huge numbers to buy the three corporate hybrid deals that have been sold so far in 2019. However, the excess demand is unlikely to be sated as the year unfolds.
