Europe
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Anastasios Ioannidis, general manager of global markets at Eurobank Ergasias’ treasury, speaks to GlobalCapital about his bank’s covered bond, the bank’s competitive advantages, plans for non-performing loan sales and how sustained growth can cure Greece’s debt mountain. -
Santander UK took home $2.5bn of funding at the holding company and operating company levels at the end of the last week, seizing on attractive conditions in the dollar market to front load some of its 2018 issuance.
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October will count as a relatively quiet month for most investment grade corporate bond markets, except sterling, which has already absorbed enough new paper to increase on its average monthly volume, according to Dealogic data.
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A core component of the European Investment Plan, the European Fund for Strategic Investments, is beginning to bear fruit
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TMF Group, the Dutch business services company, has abandoned its plans for an IPO on the London Stock Exchange in favour of a sale to CVC Capital Partners.
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Buoyed by Wind Tre’s landmark bond deal on Tuesday, European high yield participants say the market has shown there is demand for more jumbo deals — like Refresco’s €2.4bn buyout debt.
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Bankers working on the Frankfurt IPO of HelloFresh, the German meal kit delivery company backed by Rocket Internet, have revised the price range to €10.25 to €11.50, the upper half of the €9 to €11.50 initial range.
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The third covered bond purchase programme (CBPP3) will continue to exert a strong influence on the covered bond market for at least the next three quarters, though a material change could well start to impact the market in the latter part of next year.
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London based clearing house LCH Group has revealed that John Horkan, the head of its North American operations, will become COO of the company.
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Euro corporate bond investors see RCI Banque as a frequent borrower, pricing new issues multiple times a year. But it remains a rare name for sterling investors. On Friday it sold its first bond in the currency for over three years — a bond that has already matured.
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Syndicate bankers were quietly confident that the European Central Bank would not surprise with its quantitative easing announcement on Thursday, and they were proven correct. While only RCI Banque used Friday to print a new deal, the market remains in rude health. But public holidays will mean next week’s issuance will be limited too.
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