Crédit Agricole
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A trio of Europe’s less frequent public sector borrowers are set to hit screens for euro transactions on Tuesday, following a long end benchmark from a French agency on January 26. -
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While European Central Bank president Mario Draghi kept firmly to his course of accommodative monetary policy at Thursday’s press conference, the euro strengthened further against the dollar, dragging Bund yields up with it. Lewis McLellan reports.
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SNCF Réseau has hit screens for a 30 year bond to be sold this Friday. The borrower announced the mandate just after the completion of the European Central Bank's governing council meeting press conference on Thursday.
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French video game publisher Ubisoft Entertainment sold its first corporate bond on Thursday following a roadshow earlier in the week. The meetings in Paris, London and Germany helped the publisher of games including Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance build a whole new following.
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South Korea’s Hankook Tire Co grabbed $300m on the back of an impressive $2.3bn book on Wednesday in its debut international bond outing.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) has announced a dual tranche for its second trip to market for the year. The trade will come on the heels of a €1.4bn Agence Française de Développement (AFD) 10 year, which managed to cut 4bp from its spread between guidance and launch.
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Swedish healthcare company Capio has given its revolving credit facility a shot in the arm by amending and extending it, increasing it by 45% to €343m-equivalent and extending its maturity by 2.5 years.
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Subordinated bond deals from European financial institutions have zoomed tighter in secondary market trading this week, in anticipation of lower supply and ahead of the reporting period for full year earnings for 2017.
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Spain, fresh from an upgrade to its Fitch credit rating, hit screens on Monday to announce a new 10 year euro benchmark. The sovereign will share the market with Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
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Crédit Agricole Assurances caught market participants’ attention with a new tier two deal on Monday, gathering orders of close to €5.1bn.
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Investors showed their faith in Tata Steel on Thursday, pouring money into the Indian issuer’s dual-tranche transaction, shrugging off the weak structure and aggressive pricing.
