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US issuers and insurance companies could benefit as Moody’s relaxes parts of its approach
Investors attracted by relative value versus loans but are not blind to risk
Floridian manager registered the vehicle in Ireland with article 8 SFDR classification
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Streaming giant Netflix sold a $2.2bn 10.5-year bond euros and dollars this week, as it prepares to battle Disney and Apple for content. The unsecured senior notes come with a non-call life clause, offered to investors as a carrot, which helped get the deal size up from the announced $2bn issue. -
Deutsche Bank is relying on a tight team of loyalists to revive its corporate finance ambitions, writes David Rothnie.
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JP Morgan changes line-up for energy and utilities, multi-nationals, UK ECM and UK M&A — UniCredit swaps out CEE investment bank head — Pigasse exits Lazard
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Moody’s downgraded the corporate rating of overleveraged French supermarket group Casino Guichard-Perrachon during a crucial refinancing. The group is already offering a generous spread on its new term loan, which it has to execute in order to unlock up to €2bn of revolving bank debt.
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Chinese state-owned commodity chemicals producer Shanghai Huayi (Group) Co has sold an almost 10 times covered five year bond, while Yuzhou Properties Co raised $500m to fund a tender offer. Two local government financing vehicles also made their offshore debuts.
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Bain Capital-backed market research business Kantar showed this week that investors still have some bite in the high yield market. Buyers forced the issuer to flex numerous covenants, tinker with the tranches, delay the issue and consent to unusually juicy coupons. The deal may not be a sign of things to come, however, as Crown waltzed through its bond launch, setting a new low coupon record for a fixed rate bond.
