Europe
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DS Smith was warmly welcomed back to the European corporate bond markets by investors, nearly two years after its inaugural deal. The UK packaging company received a strong orderbook for its euro tranche, but an even stronger book for its debut sterling tranche. -
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Public sector issuers are enjoying a rare time in dollars, with a lack of supply and strong demand allowing tightly priced short end deals — leading one syndicate official to respond to a question on pricing concessions with: “New issue what?” But hopes of longer end issuance appear dashed as US yields fall as quickly as expectations that US president Donald Trump will deliver on his pro-growth policies.
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Italian electricity network operator Terna brought its first new issue of 2017 on Wednesday and benefitted from strong demand for triple-B rated bonds. The €1bn 10 year deal had an orderbook of €1.6bn and printed with a new issue premium of 8bp-10bp.
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Empiric Student Housing, the UK real estate investment trust, raised £110m in its sixth equity issue since its £85m IPO in June 2014. The deal fell short of its £150m target, amid a busy calendar of Reit and closed-end fund equity raisings.
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Eurofins Scientific and Thermo Fisher Scientific both held investor update calls on Monday — and both announced deals on Tuesday. The science double bill proved no horror story, though, with investors clamouring for unrated Eurofins as well as Thermo Fisher’s jumbo multi-tranche deal.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific announced in May that it was to acquire Patheon for $7.2bn, including $2bn of net debt. Thermo Fisher expected to finance the deal with $5.2bn of debt and $2bn of equity. On Tuesday it put a big dent in the debt figure with a €2.6bn four tranche corporate bond offer.
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Steinhoff Europe made its debut in senior euro corporate bond markets on Monday and was the only issuer to offer investors a transaction on the day. The €750m 7.5 year deal followed a European roadshow last week.
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ADO Properties made its debut in the corporate bond market on Thursday, following a roadshow earlier in the week. The €400m seven year deal provided further supply for investors keen to buy higher yielding triple-B rated credits, but the supply line is fading into the summer sun faster than the demand.
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Investors complain often and vocally about so many aspects of new issue execution. Often their complaints fall on deaf ears, sometimes they are acknowledged, and occasionally they are acted upon. This week an issuer considered complaints that had rung in their ears for over a year, only to find investors did not want what they said after all.
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Greencoat Renewables, the newly created Irish wind farm operator managed by Greencoat Capital, has managed to increase the size of its IPO on the Dublin and London bourses by €20m, after it won demand from around 80 investors.
