Goldman Sachs
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Any debt bankers hoping for an early summer lull were left sorely disappointed on Tuesday, as a slew of Chinese issuers ensured a breakneck pace of issuance. -
Sweden on Tuesday printed a dollar benchmark at one of the tightest spreads to mid-swaps from a public sector issuer this year, as a Canadian province prepared to bring a deal in the currency further out the curve.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) sold its fifth dual tranche of the year on Tuesday, gaining plaudits as it added €1.5bn to a line that bankers said came under secondary market pressure when launched in February.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific put a big dent in the debt it needs to raise to buy Patheon on Tuesday with a €2.6bn four tranche corporate bond offer.
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Gecina, the French real estate investment trust focused on residential, office and healthcare properties, will raise €1bn through a fully underwritten rights issue to partly refinance its acquisition of Eurosic.
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Books were over €1.6bn for PKO Bank’s for year senior note on Tuesday. The deal is the first senior trade from the issuer since 2014.
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A managing director in Barclays’ leveraged finance team has left for Goldman Sachs, joining the bank’s London office.
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A relatively stable credit backdrop has encouraged a swathe of Asian issuers to tap the bond market this week, ensuring a blistering pace of issuance.
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The European Financial Stability Facility will on Tuesday fill a gap in the 10 year area of its curve and pour some liquidity into the ultra-long end, after hiring banks on Monday for a dual tranche deal. The supranational will also likely be hoping for a repeat of its last dual tranche trade, which took a hefty €6bn chunk out its €14.5bn funding target for the third quarter.
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Poland’s PKO Bank has named leads for its first senior unsecured trade since 2014 after having focussed its funding efforts on the covered bond market for the last few years.
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Korea Gas Corp took advantage of an improvement in market sentiment after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen spoke to Congress, sealing an $800m dual tranche deal on Thursday.
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