Europe
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Guarantor: Certain Swedish county councils and municipalities
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Negative yields, hybrid bonds and even the rehabilitation of Glencore this week all signalled the extraordinary market conditions that corporate issuers are enjoying in euro bond markets, despite the European Central Bank’s mood dampening monetary policy announcement on Thursday, writes Ross Lancaster.
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Instituto de Crédito Oficial re-entered the dollar syndication market for the first time since 2014 this week, with a deal that bankers said both highlighted the faith investors have in the Spanish recovery story and the sheer depth of demand in the currency.
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The sterling market for public sector borrowers woke from its summer slumber with a bang this week, as a series of issuers approached the currency in a variety of ways and for different reasons.
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The dollar market enjoyed another strong week with a group of issuers printing, but borrowers are looking ahead to a new wave of interest from bank treasuries in Asia — and some are reporting that the demand has already arrived.