Crédit Agricole
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In September, a number of issuers have returned to the European corporate bond markets after a number of years without issuing. On Wednesday, German chemicals distributor, Brenntag, Australian property company Goodman, and Austrian steel company, Voestalpine, were the latest to join that list. -
The Cover and GlobalCapital held the annual Covered Bond Awards Dinner on Thursday night at Casa Llotja de Mar in Barcelona, celebrating the best performers in the market.
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Since the market returned from its summer break, no corporate bond issuer had printed a new deal with a tenor longer than 12 years before Wednesday. However, on Wednesday French water and waste company Suez Environnement pushed through to 15 years with a €500m trade.
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UK-based global mining company Anglo American launched a €1.2bn tender offer and a €600m new issue on Wednesday after recently being returned to investment grade status following 18 months with a junk bond rating.
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The European leveraged loan deal pipeline for September keeps growing, now topping €7bn from more than 10 borrowers. The latest facility is for UK software firm Civica, which Partners Group has acquired from OMERS Private Equity.
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Since the market returned from its summer break, no corporate bond issuer had printed a new deal with a tenor longer than 12 years. However, that changed on Wednesday when French water and waste company, Suez Environnement pushed through to 15 years with a €500m trade.
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The UK-based global mining company Anglo American recently returned to investment grade after over 18 months with a junk bond rating. On Wednesday it announced it would tender for four of its shorter dated bonds and priced a new eight year benchmark deal.
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Japanese telecoms company SoftBank has done it again. On Tuesday, it replicated its 2015 success of a €4.5bn bond issued outside of the US high yield market with a new €4.75bn issue.
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A group of Nordic public sector issuers are preparing a “practical guide on impact reporting” in the green bond market. While the initial aim is to assist Nordic borrowers in the public and private spheres, the authors hope that it could prove useful for issuers from other countries too.
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A new name for the SSA market hit screens on Monday, picking three banks to run a dollar five year transaction. The borrower will share the market with dollar trades from Dexia Crédit Local and Finland.
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Euro corporate bond issuance returned on Friday after a blank day due to Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting. As the ECB’s president, Mario Draghi, said nothing to unsettle markets, US machinery maker John Deere and Italian oil and gas company Eni both priced deals in euros before the weekend, while Sweden's Akelius Property did the same in sterling.
