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Energy companies took advantage of record tight spreads as they joined a ‘perfect storm’ of dollar funding
Rates and credit under pressure as battle to be UK prime minister looks set to heat up
Amazon’s Swiss debut and Alphabet’s first yen deal jolted debt markets this week
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With many issuers electing to frontload their funding this year, the summer period seems likely to be even quieter than usual. Last year, for example, the SSA market hosted three deals in the last week of July. This year, there were none. -
There are growing calls to build all-encompassing regulatory structures around environmental, social and governance ratings and disclosures. This is the wrong course of action and will undermine efforts to achieve the overarching goal, which is fighting climate change.
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It has been an earnings season of rebounds. UBS, the first of the European investment banks to report its results for the second quarter of the year, used the word “rebound” three times in its earnings report, which it published on July 23. Since then, BNP Paribas has pointed to an “established rebound” in its results while HSBC has reported a “rebound” in profits in the US and Europe.
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The number of industry sectors for which Moody’s holds a positive outlook reached a record high halfway through 2021, but investors say that there are some parts of the economy that the coronavirus pandemic has forever damaged.
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Delta Fiber, a Dutch fibre optics company, has secured a credit line of up to €2bn, it announced on Monday. The loan carries a tenor of seven years.
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Aggreko, a Scottish company which offers temporary power, heating and cooling generation, has signed £2.5bn worth of loans to fund its acquisition by TDR Capital and I Squared Capital.
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