Natixis
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The primary covered bond market was active this week with as many as seven issuers raising more than €6bn, including the longest deal in over a year and a debut borrower in euros.
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A lack of high quality M&A talent, and the need for a quick fix, is driving a new wave of recruitment by big banks, writes David Rothnie.
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BPCE made its first visit to the euro bank capital market this year on Wednesday, launching a 10 year bullet tier two trade just two weeks after a virtually identical trade in dollars. -
French lender Natixis announced on Wednesday that it has created a global structured credit and solutions (GSCS) business in Asia Pacific.
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Covered bond borrowers in the UK, Sweden, France, New Zealand and the Netherlands met with strong receptions for their transactions this week, which collectively raised nearly €6bn.
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Mercuria, the Swiss energy and commodity trader, is set to launch its annual European refinancing loan next week, according to a banker familiar with the deal.
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Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) rolled out the European corporate bond market’s second 20 year bond of the year on Tuesday as investors lapped up the duration on offer.
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Commodities trader Gunvor Singapore, which had been talking to banks since February about refinancing debt, has launched its latest $750m borrowing.
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Bankers have questioned if the yields available in the euro market will prove sufficiently attractive to prospective investors as the start of the second quarter nears.
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The City of Paris was forced to widen pricing on a 15 year bond offering on Wednesday, with leads blaming the move on a rally in bonds that followed dovish comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday.
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Issuers have nipped into the euro market after Easter with some canny deals. Meanwhile the dollar market was watching US Federal Reserve chairperson, Janet Yellen, who on Tuesday said that the possibility of further rate hikes was “not a plan set in stone”.
