EMEA
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◆ Issuer fixed size at €500m from outset ◆ Spread was over 20bp inside issuer’s last covered ◆ Covered was first from lender in 18 months -
◆ Spread was tightened by 5bp through execution ◆ Order book was ‘high quality’ says banker ◆ Norweigan bank's first covered since October
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Busy Thursday ahead as five euro and dollar benchmarks set to price after a slow March
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◆ Euro benchmark deal fixed at €1.5bn ◆ Banker said new issue premiums down slightly ◆ Lead managers picked comps at 23bp over mid-swaps
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Concession was higher than trades from earlier in the year
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Funding costs and new issue premiums are much higher than GCC issuers are used to
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A piece of very rare African senior bank issuance could also come this week
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Senior banker will move to Abu Dhabi to take up position
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Turbulent market conditions of the Middle East war have pushed bond issuers and investors to try new things
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Norwegian issuer returns to dollar market after eight year absence
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Issuer nearly 40% funded for the year with three more deals potentially still to come
