NatWest Markets
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The European leveraged loan deal pipeline for September keeps growing, now topping €7bn from more than 10 borrowers. The latest facility is for UK software firm Civica, which Partners Group has acquired from OMERS Private Equity. -
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has set up a subsidiary in Amsterdam, giving it an option for its securities business once the UK leaves the EU.
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On Thursday RCI Banque, the financing arm of Renault, brought the corporate bond deal count to 10 for the week, but was the only benchmark issuer in the market on the day. Danish logistics company DSV debuted in euros with a sub-benchmark deal.
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UK telecoms group Virgin Media was in the market for a £200m add-on of its 2024 receivable financing notes on Monday. By Wednesday, it had sold £450m of the deal, proving that demand is not restricted to the high yield debt market for euros, where three more deals were under way.
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Late in the summer, Europe’s Single Supervisory Mechanism dished out its first punishment, fining Ireland's Permanent tsb for breaching regulatory limits on liquidity. But the fine’s small size indicates the bizarre, skewed priorities in how we punish banks for wrongdoing.
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Austria has become the first eurozone sovereign to syndicate a 100 year bond, selling €3.5bn to investors desperate to pile cash into ultra-long paper.
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Austria has picked banks for a five year bond to be launched on Tuesday, but may also extend its curve to 100 years.
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A full €2.3bn of bond offerings from seven borrowers hit screens on Monday in the European high yield bond market, following last week's more than €3bn of new bonds despite fund inflows turning negative.
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As the European Central Bank meeting suspended euro issuance on Thursday, British Land took the opportunity to grab UK investors’ attention with its first senior bond for 11 years. The £300m 12 year deal followed Tuesday’s £250m seven year transaction from Total, which had an order book of around £600m.
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The UK this week once again broke its record order book, with bankers suggesting the huge demand may have been down to investors taking their last chance for ultralong sovereign sterling paper for some time.
