Europe
-
PBoC opened the week with a near-300bp weakening of the dollar fix, while Rusal received the green light for its upcoming Panda bond deal, and the Shanghai-London Stock Connect is now one step closer to becoming reality. -
Allocations are out for a dual currency financing to back Indian company Intas Pharmaceuticals’ acquisition of a portfolio of assets in the UK and Ireland.
-
UBS has placed Melanie Czarra, co-head of corporate DCM and client solutions for EMEA, at risk, though she remains employed by the bank.
-
The syndicated loan market may again be asked to underwrite a potentially record-breaking takeover loan, as Kraft Heinz has begun a pursuit of Unilever, including a large cash offer.
-
Loans backed by energy efficient buildings could be less risky than conventional mortgages, and should receive better regulatory treatment, according to participants at the European Mortgage Federation-European Covered Bond Council’s (EMF-ECBC) stakeholder meeting held in Brussels on Thursday.
-
The skies look dark as you head off for a walk on the beach, so you buy an umbrella. If it turns out sunny, you’ll get a few smirks from people you meet. But you’re unlikely to be abused as an idiot.
-
Equity block trading activity this week in Europe has remained brisk, with 10 deals completed in the first four days, though of smaller size than in the last couple of weeks. Issuance so far this year, after the first month and a half, now totals €10.4bn, more than double what was sold in the same period last year, when markets were troubled by Chinese stockmarket volatility.
-
Large leveraged buyouts may be set for a return to Europe’s leveraged finance market following a lengthy sojourn. Stada, the German generic pharmaceuticals firm, this week said it was fielding numerous buyout offers worth around €3.5bn, offering investors the respite from relentless repricings that they have craved for several months. Max Bower reports.
-
Credit Suisse partially stepped away from its plan to place part of its ‘Swiss Universal Bank’ on the market to raise capital, as the bank’s asset disposals and legal settlements came out better than expected, taking the pressure off the bank's capital levels.
-
-
-
A number of financial institutions have distanced themselves from the primary market for additional tier one (AT1) bonds this week, but there is no doubting that the asset class has been on fire in 2017. It is only a matter of time before supply restarts, and Spanish banks will be first in line, writes Tyler Davies.
