Germany
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SSA bankers are gearing themselves up for another round of dollar supply next week after the currency’s record breaking January. Buoyant conditions even allowed one issuer to bring a bulky benchmark, despite this week’s public holidays in Asia. -
DVB Bank returned to the senior market for a second time this year, taking advantage of growing investor appetite for floating rate notes.
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The vibrant activity in the equity block trade market this week is continuing tonight, with three more selldowns of stock in European companies, including the last sale of stock in Worldpay, the UK payments group, by Advent International and Bain Capital, for about £600m.
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Asian Development Bank's first euro syndication in three years enjoyed only tepid success on Wednesday, as observers wondered if the 20 year trade was fully subscribed.
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Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (PBB) eschewed cheap four year financing provided by the European Central Bank (ECB) under its long term refinancing facility to issue a 4.5 year Pfandbrief on Wednesday. The short and rarely issued tenor was easily absorbed and offered almost 52bp more than Bunds, in contrast to a French covered bond issued on Tuesday.
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Tonight’s hail of block trades includes, besides the Lonza and Zoopla deals, at least two other transactions.
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Shares in TLG Immobilien, the German real estate company, fell 1.6% on Tuesday morning after it completed a 10% capital increase on Monday night to finance the acquisition of more retail and office properties in Germany.
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The State of North Rhine-Westphalia announced on Monday that it will hold a roadshow for its third sustainability bond.
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A few of Europe's smaller borrowers are trying their luck now that the storm of issuance that thronged markets through most of January has abated.
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The dollar bond market for public sector borrowers this week rounded off a spectacular January, with many bankers describing it as “perfect” and the best in five years.
