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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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Wells Fargo printed its debut sustainability bond this week, finally breaking its year long absence from the senior unsecured dollar market. -
E-commerce giant Amazon did the unthinkable this week and printed two year debt just 10bp wide of where investors could buy US Treasuries, the closest a company has ever got to US government debt. But with a high US inflation number sending a shockwave through markets days later, corporate and FIG credit markets are wondering whether they need to brace for a period of panic, write Tyler Davies and Mike Turner.
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A trio of senior borrowers paid minimal new issue premiums in euros this week as Swedbank and AIB Group tapped a sweet spot of demand for bail-inable debt, while Macquarie got attractive pricing compared to its dollar curve.
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Federal Reserve economists have warned of ‘financial stability’ concerns around the US treatment of foreign banks, after publishing research suggesting that some institutions were hiding assets in branches to escape closer regulatory oversight.
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Market participants expect to see the end of “vanilla” deals in the European bank bond market, as tier two debt becomes the latest asset class to embrace call periods over call dates.
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Macquarie shed over a third of its order book on Wednesday as it priced its third euro deal in 18 months at what was deemed a “very tight” level. It was joined in the senior market by Swedbank, which was issuing its first callable non-preferred bond.
