Morgan Stanley
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Belgium defied turmoil afflicting European government bond spreads this week, pulling in big books for a dual tranche euro benchmark. The sovereign's success may have emboldened Finland to follow suit with its own barbell transaction. -
Criteria Caixa, the unlisted holding company, has sold a 5.3% stake in CaixaBank, the Spanish lender, for €1.06bn, through an accelerated bookbuild launched on Monday night that was completed without a covered message.
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Two public sector borrowers had very contrasting fortunes with no-grow three year dollar bond issues on a volatile Tuesday.
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Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama (Buma), which services Indonesia's coal industry, pulled in an impressive $2.2bn book for a $350m bond this week, after taking care to meet investors and address their concerns about its relationship with defaulted miner Berau Coal.
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Genesis Colors, which owns luxury Indian brands Satya Paul and Bwitch, has secured approval from the country’s market regulator to go public via a Rp6.5bn ($96.5m) IPO.
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The market for public sector euro issuers is springing back to life after a quiet week, with two benchmarks printed on Monday and a sovereign dual tranche expected on Tuesday. But although traffic is returning, conditions are no longer as supportive as in January.
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Detsky Mir, the Russian toy retailer, has revised the price range for its Rb21.1bn ($350m) Moscow IPO to Rb85 to Rb90 a share, the bottom end of the initial Rb85 to Rb105 range.
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Power companies were at the forefront of the international market on Monday, with India’s Neerg Energy and Indonesia’s Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama launching high yield dollar deals.
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Xella increased its €1.4bn buyout term loan for a second time on Thursday morning, adding another €50m in lieu of a proposed shareholder loan, while US software firm Infor did the same on its €750m term loan.
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Europe’s equity block trade market kicked into a higher gear this week, with a rush of deals including big trades in Lonza, Worldpay and Dong Energy. The Dong trade on Thursday night, worth Dkr6.5bn (€874m), pushes the week’s total above €3bn.
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SSA bankers are gearing themselves up for another round of dollar supply next week after the currency’s record breaking January. Buoyant conditions even allowed one issuer to bring a bulky benchmark, despite this week’s public holidays in Asia.
