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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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Tuesday proved to be hybrid day in the European corporate bond markets with Aroundtown tapping its dollar hybrid bond for €200m while German electric utility, RWE, announced it was tendering for up to €550m equivalent of its own equity-like debt. -
September has seen a variety of issuers access the corporate bond market. From regular issuers to those who have not issued for over a decade, the consistent theme has been single digit new issue premiums for what one syndicate manager described as “manageable deal sizes.” Monday saw new issues in a similar vein.
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Capital Stage, the German renewable energy company, launched its first convertible bond on Wednesday, raising €97.3m. The deal came from a different corner of the CB world from the Qiagen transaction on the same day: it was a hybrid deal, structured to receive equity credit under IFRS.
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European corporate bond investors had only had one corporate bond deal to consider in August before LafargeHolcim brought its €750m 12 year deal on Tuesday. But that lean period looks to be over as ISS Global followed with a €600m 10 year transaction on Wednesday.
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Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings sold a fixed-for-life hybrid bond denominated in dollars on Wednesday. The deal did not draw an overwhelming response, but market participants said overall demand for the structure is muted.
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European corporate bond markets remain focused on British American Tobacco’s multi-tranche deal expected later this week. However, nine different investment grade issuers printed new issues in the US on Monday, making it the most varied day of 2017 so far.
