Morgan Stanley
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Red Star Macalline Group Corp, more popularly known as the Ikea of China, launched on June 12 its IPO in Hong Kong that could raise up to HK$7.22bn ($931.30m). The trade is already covered, after cornerstone investors signed up for a third of the book. -
Borrowers in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector could find their funding plans rocked by whipsawing government bond yields for months to come.
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Labco, the French medical diagnostics company, plans to refinance all of its bonds with a new €800m issue. It agreed in May to be bought by private equity firm Cinven after pulling an IPO at the last minute.
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Two equity accelerated bookbuilds were conducted in Europe on Tuesday evening. One was a private equity selldown of Thule – but more unusually, Capgemini raised €500m for an acquisition, at a 2.9% discount.
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As the half year point of 2015 approaches, year to date CEEMEA volumes are at their lowest in six years. No bookrunner has escaped the plunge in volumes although a couple of institutions have managed to beat the odds and take a larger share of a shrinking CEEMEA market.
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Dollar borrowers were forced to pay up to access the market amid continuing market volatility as they raced to take advantage of attractive funding costs ahead of the looming Fed meeting.
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National Bank of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday printed its $750m tier one perpetual with a coupon of 5.25%, the lowest ever for this kind of deal from the CEEMEA region. The feat was even more impressive for being printed on a day when Credit Suisse had its 10 year bond pulled because of market volatility.
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Europe's investment grade corporate bond pipeline swelled even more on Thursday, though the primary market stayed silent, as HJ Heinz announced a roadshow to prepare funding for its merger with Kraft.
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Gecina, the French real estate investment trust, issued its second euro bond of 2015 on Tuesday, and had to pay a chunky new issue premium and higher yield than last time.
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National Bank of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday printed its $750m tier one perpetual with coupon of 5.25%, the lowest ever for this kind of deal from the CEEMEA region. The feat was even more impressive for being printed on a day when Credit Suisse had its 10 year bond pulled because of market volatility.
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As the half year point of 2015 approaches, year to date CEEMEA volumes are at their lowest in six years. No bookrunner has escaped the plunge unscathed. But some have suffered more than others, and a rare few have taken a larger share of a shrinking CEEMEA market.
