NatWest Markets
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John Wade, who left Royal Bank of Scotland in February this year just before the bank announced a restructuring, has resurfaced at Natixis as head of syndicate and MTN desk for Asia Pacific. -
The UK Debt Management Office raised its largest ever book for an inflation linked syndication on Tuesday when it opened a new 2058 line, despite the deal coming as the summer holidays are in full swing in the UK. The syndication also marks the first time the DMO has printed an inflation linker at a negative real yield.
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French supermarket group Casino Guichard-Perrachon made the most of a quiet week in the investment grade bond market when it priced a €900m 12 year bond on Wednesday at 125bp over mid-swaps, needing almost no new issue premium to bring in €2.6bn of orders.
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CMB Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, is considering increasing the size of its $150m three year term loan after getting a positive response in syndication thanks to its good track record, and improved sentiment that is driving lenders to invest in offerings by leasing companies.
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Royal Bank of Scotland caught the market off guard on Friday by releasing early preliminary first half results that showed progress in its turnaround programme, but its recently gutted investment bank saw revenues fall and chief executive Ross McEwan warned of “significant” drags on capital generation to come.
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The European Financial Stability Facility, fresh from hitting the bid for short-dated bonds with a one year early this month, went to the other extreme and set out with a debut 30 year on Tuesday. With blow-out deals at the extreme ends of the curve it is proving itself to be a savvy issuer.
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The European Financial Stability Facility this week sold its first 30 year syndication — becoming the first supranational this year to go so far out the curve with a benchmark. Despite the deal not hitting the 2.5% yield target for real money investors there was an optically large concession to the curve and demand topped €6bn.
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Royal Mail Group's debut €500m 10 year bond tightened as much as 15bp on Thursday after being priced on Wednesday at 108bp over mid-swaps. That was well inside initial price thoughts of 120bp-125bp.
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Ross emerges on the buyside - SocGen hires DZ's MTN head - RBS's Anhamm heads back to ABN - Citi poaches MS bank analyst
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Royal Mail Group's debut €500m ten year bond tightened as much as 15bp on Thursday after being priced on Wednesday at 108bp over mid-swaps. That was well inside initial price thoughts of 120bp-125bp.
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Tata Steel is back in the market for a $5.6bn loan and with a dozen lenders already on the mandate, sentiment ahead of the launch into general syndication is upbeat. But lesser known Indian corporates should not be holding their breath if they are looking to emulate the deal’s success. Although the country is back in lenders' good books, loan market liquidity is still the preserve of only a few flagship names, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.
