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Austrian machinery maker Andritz has launched a €300m four tranche Schuldschein, with tranches of seven years and 7.75 years. A banker said the intention was to see if lenders could be lured further out along the maturity curve. -
Euro private placement (Euro PP) transactions can be structured as loans or as bonds, depending on the preferences of both parties. But some smaller investors have withdrawn from the bond format, concerned that it brings them into the scope of MiFID II and of MAR, though market participants are hatching plans to bring them back.
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A handful of deals from Bahrain and the CIS region is all there is to keep emerging markets loans bankers busy over the next six to eight weeks, with many already heading off for summer breaks as volumes and near term pipelines dwindle to almost zero.
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HSBC Germany has launched a digital platform for Schuldschein issuance called Synd-X, following in the footsteps of Helaba and LBBW. But unlike its German peers, it aims to preserve the role of banks as gatekeepers to the market.
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Issuance of US private placement debt has fallen by up to a quarter year on year, according to US PP market participants. The fault lies in the US — as opposed to Australia and Europe — as the cost of debt begins to rise for issuers alongside US rate rises.
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Several international borrowers are marketing in the Schuldschein market. Though there are several idiosyncratic reasons for each, the prevailing idea is the instrument is competing with the unrated bond market on price again.
