Goldman Sachs
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Chinese video-based social media platform YY pocketed $850m from a well-timed dual-tranche convertible bond. The deal — launched after repeated indications of interest in US-listed stocks — landed on a burst of risk appetite that followed US president Donald Trump’s tweet confirming his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the G20 gathering in Japan next week. Jonathan Breen reports. -
Mexican lender Banorte became the latest Latin American borrower to clinch new debt with exceedingly tight pricing on Thursday, as bond investors showed their hunger stretched beyond top-rated paper.
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Nasdaq-listed Chinese social media platform YY hit the market with an $850m dual-tranche convertible bond on Wednesday.
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Investors hoovered up two German hybrid capital issues on Tuesday, in a receptive market spurred on by dovish comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi. They were of very different stripes: a €1.5bn dual tranche issue from Merck, the pharmaceutical company, which was about 7.5 times covered, and a £400m issue from Aroundtown, the property company.
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Emerging market bankers forecasted on Monday a spate of deals from across the EMEA region due this week, as Sharjah Islamic Bank joined the fray with a sukuk mandate that will begin with a spell of investor meetings.
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Property developer China Jinmao Holdings Group priced a $250m deal last week, including $145m of new money, as part of an exchange offer that had a participation rate lower than 20%.
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Volkswagen surprised the equity capital markets on Friday by setting a range on the IPO of its trucks division, Traton, a few days earlier than most in the market had expected. But the deal has already gained strong investor interest.
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Mexico’s largest locally owned bank, Banco Mercantil del Norte (Banorte), has begun meeting fixed income investors as it looks to test investor appetite for the country's credit with a new subordinated bond.
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The Inter-American Development Bank this week capitalised on a dearth of supply at the 10 year point of the curve to print its second dollar benchmark of the year.
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The European Investment Bank printed a €3bn 10 year trade on Thursday, dragging the pricing in by 2bp during execution.
