DZ Bank
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A new digital blockchain platform for promissory loan notes has launched, with four German banks hoping their offering will be able to jostle for a place in an increasingly crowded digital market. -
Sick, the German industrial sensor maker, has launched a €100m three tranche Schuldschein. Some investors claim recent Schuldschein issues from German issuers are priced to appeal only to cash-rich domestic accounts.
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K+S, the potash and salt producer, has refinanced its revolving credit facility a year early, to lock in favourable borrowing terms at it seeks to move back to positive free cashflow for the first time for more than five years.
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Denmark’s Bunker Holding has signed a multi tranche revolving credit facility totaling $1bn, as the shipping fuel and lubrication oils company prepares for a “paradigm shift” headed for its industry.
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MünchenerHyp (MuHyp) issued the longest-ever benchmark Pfandbrief on Thursday, tapping into investors’ thirst for yield amid low interest rates. Investors poured into the book, lodging more demand than for any Pfandbrief issued for at least eight years.
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The Basque Government was able to tighten pricing by 5bp from initial price thoughts as it received soaring demand for its 10 year sustainable bond on Tuesday — its biggest public issue since 2009.
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DZ Hyp attracted an order book that was more than three times subscribed in 30 minutes for its 15-year Pfandbrief issued on Tuesday. Under normal circumstances, this would be astonishing, but in the context of central bank monetary policy, the hunt for yield and the paucity of supply in this part of the curve, the result was to be expected.
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DZ Hyp has mandated lead managers for a rare 15 year benchmark Pfandbrief, which is expected to go very well in the context of the negative rate environment and scarcity of supply in this part of the curve. The transaction could well catalyse other issuers to bring 15 year deals of their own.
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Sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) issuers burst into the second quarter with a scorching week that saw plenty of big books and minimal or negative premiums.
