Morgan Stanley
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Banco BPM spied a chance on Tuesday to issue a tier two bond to beef up its capital buffers. The Italian lender launched a 10 year non-call five deal at a 4.25% coupon — 37.5bp tighter than the initial price thoughts. -
Chinese sportswear retailer Topsports International Holdings has opened books for its up to HK$9.4bn ($1.2bn) Hong Kong listing.
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Budweiser Brewing Company Apac has raised HK$39.2bn ($5bn) after pricing its IPO at the bottom of guidance, and partially using an increase option. It was the company’s second attempt at listing in Hong Kong.
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Two Chinese companies tapped dollar bond investors on Monday. One of the most active issuers this year, Zhenro Properties Group, came out with an aggressively priced $300m transaction, while a district-level government financing vehicle sold its debut offshore deal.
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Assicurazioni Generali has become the first European financial institution to launch a green tier two bond. The Italian insurer attracted €3.25bn of orders, helping it to price its €750m deal about 10bp inside fair value, according to a syndicate banker.
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The US corporate bond market shrugged off two market interventions by the Federal Reserve this week — an emergency funding injection and an arguably underwhelming rate cut — as supply picked up on Thursday with trades from Wal-Mart and Volkswagen.
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Investors stormed into the euro public sector bond market this week fired up from the announcement of a new comprehensive stimulus package by the European Central Bank last week.
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Small cracks started to appear in the euro corporate bond market on Thursday, after a busy month, as companies launched a spate of deals. An already bulging pipeline means there will be little time for the market to catch its breath.
