Europe
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The engine driving the SSA euro market has found a new gear as borrowers and investors turn their attention to the hitherto underserved long end of the curve. The overwhelming demand they received this week is likely to encourage more borrowers to follow. -
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New issue premiums almost seem to be a thing of the past in this week’s dollar market. As one head of SSA DCM put it: “the secondary market is just too cheap for primary”.
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L-Bank will go on the road to promote the first ever Reg S dollar benchmark priced over the dollar risk free rate, Sofr.
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FIG bond market participants were speaking in superlatives as new bonds flew off the shelves this week. But some DCM officials are advising their clients not to count on conditions remaining evergreen through the rest of 2019, encouraging them to put long-held deal plans into action.
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The Estonian parliament’s recent approval of covered bond legislation paves the way for the first Baltic deal, which could come from Luminor Bank, but whether it is initially secured on a pool of pan-Baltic mortgages remains to be seen.
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The investment grade corporate bond market in Europe has had a stellar week, with €14.25bn of new issuance. Market participants believe the uplift in volume here to stay, aided by a relative under-supply of new paper in the last few weeks and a more dovish tone from the US Federal Reserve.
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Japanese car maker Honda has returned to the euro market with a €1.1bn SEC-registered 3.5 year bond, after its rival Daimler raised €3.25bn the previous day.
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Troubled French pipeline technology maker Vallourec unveiled a turnaround plan alongside its fourth quarter numbers on Wednesday evening, as well as an extension of its bank facilities that soothed some of the refi worries that have plagued the company.
