NatWest Markets
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The short Easter week saw a timid showing of new high grade corporate issuance in the European market but investors snapped up the trades that were on screens. -
Gatwick Airport got a bulging order book for its return to the senior funding market, weeks after the UK airport got chunky demand for its debut subordinated transaction.
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Athora Netherlands returned to the market after almost three years away on Thursday, raising €300m of tier two paper for the first time since its takeover by its Bermuda-based parent.
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KfW hit the market with an impressive green bond this week, raising a record €4bn of eight year paper and paying only 1bp of new issue concession to do so.
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond market was populated with well rated issuers on Wednesday, as triple-B borrowers took a cautious approach and stayed away after the Easter weekend.
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Macquarie Bank ended a seven year absence from the sterling market on Wednesday morning, having postponed its comeback transaction a week earlier.
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Italy and Portugal are the first two eurozone sovereigns out of the blocks for syndications following the Easter break, with the former looking to extend its curve by a further five years.
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NatWest Markets has made another change to its debt financing management structure, with a new role for Roland Plan.
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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (Apra) hit Macquarie Bank with a A$500m ($378.4m) capital charge on Thursday, having uncovered serious faults in the firm's risk management practices. The announcement came a day after the bank paused its return to the sterling bond market.
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Utmost Group, a UK life assurance group, has made a roughly £483m cash offer to buy high net worth investment platform provider Quilter International, with four banks lined up to provide debt for the deal.
