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Enterprise Inns, the UK pub group, priced £249.521m of senior secured high yield bonds on Tuesday to yield 6%, as part of a liability management exercise. -
Nigerian oil and gas firm, Seven Energy is out with guidance for its comeback bond. The leads have set a wider guidance than was offered in July, when the borrower had to abort a deal, and will be hoping that the poor performance of this week’s markets doesn’t blight its return.
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New issuance in emerging markets has been overshadowed this week by the poor performance of last week's deals. However, bankers say that at the right price, there are still deals to be done.
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A few stomach qualms have been felt in corporate credit trading this week, as the iTraxx Europe Main index snapped out 4bp on Monday, its biggest widening since May and taking it back to early August levels. Bankers scoffed at the idea this was a reaction to Bill Gross leaving Pimco — more likely, investors are feeling nervous after a big bull run and heavy bond issuance in September.
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Enterprise Inns expects to price £200m of 2023 notes on Tuesday, even as market participants begin to question the strength of the sterling high yield bond market following the collapse of UK phone retailer Phones 4U, and the recent struggles of primary issuance in the currency.
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Polish corporate Synthos has taken a hit in the secondary market and is trading two and a quarter cash points down from reoffer. Critics attacked the deal execution and warned that the trade may hurt future Polish corporates wanting to access the market. But bankers on the deal defended the sale and said the issuer had set a very ambitious price target.
