Europe
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Daimler raised £500m when it reopened the sterling corporate bond market two weeks ago following the summer break — and nothing more was seen in the currency until this week, when two deals raised a combined £1.1bn. -
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There was an absence of euro benchmarks from public sector borrowers this week, despite it being the first full week of September — traditionally a busy time for printing. This was because issuers are well ahead of their funding plans, according to bankers, meaning there was little need to panic.
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Dutch grid operator Stedin and French utility Suez offered investors more of the same when they tapped into what has been strong demand for longer dated corporate bonds on the same day, but found that appetite is starting to wane.
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Andrew Bailey, CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), on Thursday backed calls for deference espoused by US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Christopher Giancarlo, in a speech at the Eurofi Financial forum in Vienna.
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The European Investment Bank achieved very tight pricing for the launch of its first sustainability bond on Thursday, in a sign that the exhaustive marketing it had done for the €500m deal had succeeded. The EIB sees this new product line as a way to influence market practice in the direction of clear explanation of sustainability goals and indicators.
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Italy’s yields hit a one month low as investors responded positively to comments from the country’s government suggesting it would stay within European Union rules on its upcoming 2019 budget. Some on the buy side believe there could be much more value to come from purchasing BTPs — and SSA bankers believe that the sovereign could bring another syndication this year if the budget fails to dent confidence.
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Massimo Moratti, the Italian petroleum tycoon, sold a €190m stake in energy company Saras along with his brothers on Wednesday evening.
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The Nordic high yield market has started to price several top rated euro deals that were initially planned to roadshow before the summer break. This time, demand and coupons suggest this could be a better window for the issuers.
