Germany
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A trio of euro borrowers launched trades and a fourth picked banks on Tuesday in a market buoyed by a perceived renewal of European political unity following welcome results in elections in France and Italy at the weekend. -
Deutsche Hypothekenbank has mandated leads for its first deal of the year, weeks after its owner NordLB said it was considering a sale of the bank. The high quality cover pool and choice of German law as the governing code will stand the deal in good stead, but uncertainty over borrower's future ownership could complicate matters.
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NRW.Bank made a big noise in a quiet dollar market this week as it printed the joint largest floating rate note from a European supranational or agency this year. Other issuers might be encouraged to follow with similar deals next week, said bankers, although a US Federal Reserve meeting on June 14 — where a target rate rise is widely expected — will bisect the window.
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Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) — the dialysis specialist 30% owned by healthcare group Fresenius — is looking to refinance loan facilities, a month after Moody’s upgraded the firm to investment grade
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German medical firm B. Braun sold what some are calling the tightest six year loan in Schuldschein history this week, even as it more than doubled the €150m initial target. However, some Schuldschein bankers believe German issuers have reached the pricing floor.
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NRW.Bank doubled its initial size target with a two year floating rate note on Thursday, with the strength of demand partly due to investors looking for floating rate paper ahead of an expected target rate rise by the US Federal Reserve next week, according to one of the leads.
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B. Braun sold the tightest corporate six year loan in Schuldschein history this week. And more, the German medical firm more than doubled the €150m initial target. But, some Schuldschein bankers believe German issuers have reached the market's pricing floor.
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Michigan’s Superior Industries International met a hesitant European high yield bond market on Monday, as it began offering its debut bond to fund its acquisition of German peer Uniwheels.
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Shares in Rocket Internet, the German internet start-up incubator, fell as much as 4% on Thursday morning after Kinnevik, the Swedish investment company, sold the last of its stake, for €218m. The shares closed down 2%.
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Bayer monetised a large stake in Covestro, the plastics company it span off in 2015, on Tuesday night through a simultaneous block trade and exchangeable bond worth a total of €2bn, which were both covered in an hour by more than 100 investors each.
