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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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This time last year, no corporate green bonds had been issued, and only one corporate SRI bond. Since then, a dozen companies have issued them, mostly in Europe. The flow of corporate green bonds has resembled a stream rather than a torrent, but as the product edges towards maturity, more and more companies are expected to join the ranks of green bond issuers. Richard Metcalf reports.
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Orange, the French telecoms company, showed the potential of the hybrid capital market for financing mergers and acquisitions on Wednesday, when it raised €3bn towards its €3.4bn acquisition of Jazztel, the Spanish cable and mobile company, just eight days after announcing the bid. Orange did not use a bridge loan for the deal. -
Acquisitions announced on Monday by Siemens, Merck and Arkema marked the continuation of a wave of European investment grade acquisitions, with varied outcomes for syndicated loan financing.
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Orange, the French telecoms company, showed the potential of the hybrid capital market for financing mergers and acquisitions today, when it raised €3bn towards its €3.4bn acquisition of Jazztel, just eight days after announcing the bid. Orange did not use a bridge loan for the deal.
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Vallourec’s bond issue may have gone well today, but for the other corporate issuers in euros and sterling it was a much rougher ride. Accor launched a €150m tap and RCI Banque a £250m sterling three year – but neither managed to tighten pricing from their initial thoughts.
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Origin Energy has named Barclays, Goldman Sachs and UBS as lead banks in preparation for a five day roadshow across Europe and Asia for a possible hybrid capital issue.
