Currencies

Ellevio, Moller-Maersk and Metro latest to court fixed income investors

Agricole issued early in January, but found the market in better health on its second visit

Deal sets a pricing benchmark for SSA dollar green bonds in 2024

US company plans its first euro deal as investment grade issuer

Smaller, weaker FIG issuers bathe in spotlight as anything and everything sells

Hopes rise that acquisition funding could turn a normal year great for corporate debt

Are EU bonds too cheap, or are the likes of EIB and KfW too expensive?

Investors are hungry for higher yielding FIG bonds

European insurers' debt issuance volumes are forecasted to increase by 50%-90% this year, with a steady flow of deals from the second quarter. The question is how much of this will be net new capital?

◆ Mizuho and Westpac NZ the only FIG issuers in dollars this week ◆ After each raised $1.5bn in dual tranchers, monthly volume pushed to $28bn ◆ Market focus also on Capital One's acquisition of Discover

◆ FRN format stays open as single tranche deal draws €2.4bn of orders ◆ Investors range from money market funds to asset managers

Strong outing from supra despite swap-spread vol