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◆ Austrian lender's first bond issue of the year ◆ Achieves investor diversification beyond core buyers in DACH, says lead ◆ Moves pricing more than most of its past senior trades
The spread to the sovereign was well over 100bp at initial pricing
◆ Both issuers out with similar deals on a busy day in primary market ◆ Demand flows to credit as investors show preference for higher yielding names ◆ Nykredit ends with bigger book due to wider spread
The bank is capitalising on an investor base starved of CEE bank issuance
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American insurer Equitable is set to sell its first funding agreement-backed (FAB) note in euros, almost one year after it launched its FAB programme. -
Industrial Bank has sold a dual-currency deal through its Hong Kong branch, becoming the first Chinese lender to print an offshore ‘carbon neutrality bond’. It relied heavily on support from a 42-member syndicate team, as well as its relative rarity in the international debt market, to nab around $922m.
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Financial institutions returned to the dollar in their droves after the memorial Day holiday, with 12 borrowers cramming more than $15bn of issuance into three days this week.
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Banks are asking whether funding conditions have reached a peak, as investors find more reason to balk at tight bond valuations. Deal arrangers argue markets will hold together, but the future could still hold higher new issue premiums and a more careful approach when it comes to trade selection.
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The sterling market has started June in the same way it finished May: busy. But investors are clearly stating a preference for yield, with demand for tier twos far outstripping the interest in senior unsecured deals.
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Barclays found strong demand at competitive pricing levels in the yen market this week, eschewing the Samurai format in favour of issuing with a swifter Euroyen process.
