Goldman Sachs
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Banca IFIS sold a senior bond this week, as Italian bank bond spreads rallied following Intesa Sanpaolo’s takeover bid for UBI Banca. -
China Aoyuan Group and China Huarong Financial Leasing Co this week raised a combined $388m from bonds that will mature in less than one year, taking advantage of a regulatory loophole to tap the market with short-dated deals.
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Borrowers hit screens in euros from three to 50 years this week, all enjoying heavily subscribed books and pricing with skinny new issue premiums thanks to investors’ confidence in consistent support from the European Central Bank.
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Nomura has made sustainability one of the pillars of its fightback in investment banking, as it joins the race to harness the power of sustainability-related M&A and capital markets deals.
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Arion Bank showed its eagerness to issue additional tier one (AT1) capital on Thursday as Icelandic banks get ready to benefit from a change in the national tax treatment of the instruments.
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Italian shipping company Moby Lines has signed a standstill agreement until the end of the month with bondholders and requested that senior lenders also refrain from enforcement, as restructuring talks progress.
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Nordic banks Länsförsäkringar Bank (LF Bank) and Landsbankinn were able to offer “attractive value” in the preferred senior market this week, amid a general hunt for yield among credit investors.
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Piraeus Bank took advantage of the recent hunt for yield in the euro market this week, pricing a new tier two with a yield of 5.5% on Wednesday. The €500m bond was eight times subscribed, which is testament to the prevailing hunt for yield in the bond market.
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Two sterling public sector bond issues were announced on Tuesday, but aside from timing, the trades had little in common. The UK Debt Management Office printed £2.5bn at 50 years, while the International Finance Corp raised £350m with a seven year.
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Italy printed €9bn with a 15 year benchmark on Tuesday, wowing onlookers with a new Italian order book record and a 4bp move from initial price thoughts.
