Loans and High Yield

A surprise agreement between the UK government and the European Union has led to renewed optimism for the country's capital markets. There is hope that an orderly Brexit, or even a long extension, will lead to an increase in investment from UK companies, particularly in the form of M&A. Investors are more than willing to finance these deals, write Sam Kerr, Jasper Cox and Mike Turner.

Paolo Cicchine will join Deutsche Bank as vice-chairman of global healthcare coverage.

Investors have piled into bonds to fund the buyout of UK theme park operator Merlin, despite the covenants on the unsecured debt being considered the worst ever. Meanwhile, the “net short” provision, designed to curb CDS investors, looks to have made it to the final documentation for the first time in a European deal.

Chinese real estate company Kaisa Group Holdings chose to go down the 144A route for its latest bond, raising $400m from a deal that hit the higher end of its size expectations. But bankers say it is unlikely many issuers will follow suit. Addison Gong reports.

VodafoneZiggo, the Dutch telecoms joint venture evenly split between Liberty Global and Vodafone, is raising €3.1bn in fresh capital. It joins industry peers such as Salt, Wind Hellas and Altice France who have rushed to the market this autumn to take advantage of favourable conditions.

Sub-investment grade companies have been making the most of this week's issuance window while the going is good. But the high grade corporate primary bond market is taking a breather, as a confluence of factors come together to put the breaks on new issuance.

Fullerton India has closed its $250m-equivalent borrowing after 14 participants joined the three bookrunners during syndication.

Chinese real estate company Kaisa Group Holdings chose to go down the 144A route for its latest bond, raising $400m from a deal that hit the higher end of its size expectations.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp is arranging non-deal roadshows for Indonesian car rental service provider CSM Corporatama.

Vedanta Resources has made a quick loan comeback for a $500m borrowing.

India oil refining and petrochemical company HPCL-Mittal Energy found support for its $300m bond sale on Tuesday, after offering investors a generous premium.

Two coffee firms are marketing high yield bonds this week, as a strong market backdrop encourages sponsors to lock in cheap funding. The two issues sit at opposite ends of the coffee spectrum — service station self-serve and high end barista-style kit — but both companies are sponsor-owned single-B names.