Crédit Agricole
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Agence France Trésor tapped into strong pent-up demand to draw a bumper book and print its largest inflation linked benchmark since the 2008 financial crisis — despite offering just a few basis points of new issue premium. -
After a rocky beginning to the week that saw an offering from Lufthansa pulled — a rarity in the European corporate bond market — French transnational utility and service company Veolia managed to sell a total of €1.1bn in senior unsecured bonds across two tranches on Wednesday.
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The ebullient tone that characterised the first three weeks of September has faded as investors begin to fret over the US presidential election on November 8, but there is still life in the SSA market.
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A flurry of equity-linked bond transactions were launched in France this week, including an exchangeable from Crédit Agricole into Eurazeo shares, a rare hybrid perpetual deal from Eramet, the mining company, and a similar €160m buyback by Assystem. And in Spain, Indra Systemas got cracking with its own refinancing exchangeable.
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Municipality Finance has made its long awaited entrance into the green bond market with a dollar five year on the same day that a new green exchange launched.
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A pair of public sector borrowers were able to sell tightly priced euro deals on Tuesday, with another two trades likely to follow on Wednesday.
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Spanish natural gas utility Enagás is in talks with its relationship banks to refinance a €1.5bn revolving credit facility.
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Public sector borrowers hit screens with dollar deals on Monday that are in keeping with a market that has been very much focused on the short end of the curve over the last few weeks.
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MuniFin will launch its first ever green bond on Tuesday, after completing a two week roadshow to gauge investor sentiment.
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China National Chemical Corp’s $12.7bn acquisition loan for Syngenta, which drew eight commitments during general syndication, is expected be signed with the new lenders in the next two weeks, according to bankers.
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