Goldman Sachs
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US lottery and gaming group Scientific Games International sold its first euro bonds this week, in a European high yield market that bankers and investors described as ready and steady for opposite reasons. -
A trio of Europe’s less frequent public sector borrowers are set to hit screens for euro transactions on Tuesday, following a long end benchmark from a French agency on January 26.
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When talking to syndicate managers or investors about the first month of 2018, you may think that supply volumes in the euro investment grade corporate bond market have been unusually low. However, a comparison of previous January issuance levels suggests it has been a much more normal start to the year.
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Martin Weber, a Goldman Sachs managing director, is moving to Dubai to run the bank’s MENA financing group, with more hires planned to follow in the region.
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While European Central Bank president Mario Draghi kept firmly to his course of accommodative monetary policy at Thursday’s press conference, the euro strengthened further against the dollar, dragging Bund yields up with it. Lewis McLellan reports.
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Corporate bond investors were offered 10 year and 11.5 year new issues on Wednesday and combined order books of over €4.4bn showed there is significant demand for longer tenors in this market.
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SNCF Réseau has hit screens for a 30 year bond to be sold this Friday. The borrower announced the mandate just after the completion of the European Central Bank's governing council meeting press conference on Thursday.
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Investors looking for lower rated high yield bonds welcomed the roadshow of a three tranche, multi-currency deal from Algeco Scotsman, a US modular space and secure storage group, this week.
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Japanese banks have a spring in their step in the Middle East as they roll out expansion plans, but, asks David Rothnie, can they take on more established Western rivals?
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The European Financial Stability Facility has raised €4.5bn with a dual tranche transaction, likely rounding off the week’s euro issuance ahead of the European Central Bank governing council’s press conference on Thursday.
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Corporate bond investors were treated to a relative feast of issuance on Wednesday following a meagre €850m of supply in the first two days of the week. A trio of higher beta names offered a variety of tenors and spreads for investors to choose from.
