NatWest Markets

Permanent TSB attracted plenty of demand for a new additional tier one (AT1) note on Monday, with a lack of issuance in the asset class sending investors towards names offering higher yields.

Orbit Capital, the UK housing association, had its £300m November 2038 bond issue more than five times subscribed on Tuesday, as more borrowers line up trades in a rip-roaring week for new corporate bond issuance in Europe.

The high grade corporate bond market burst into life on Monday, with mandates for a diverse range of trades from hybrids to sustainability-linked bonds hitting screens to take advantage of the unexpectedly positive November issuance window.

TenneT, the Dutch transmission system operator, brought a dual tranche bond on Monday that was bang on trend as far as investors were concerned. The company's shrewd choice of a long dated green bond allowed it to increase the deal while printing it flat to or just through fair value.

Société de Financement Local (SFIL) was over 5-1/2 times covered as it brought its long-awaited debut green bond to the market on Friday, allowing it to price well inside fair value.

The Kingdom of Sweden will come to market on Wednesday for a new 25 year Swedish krona benchmark, coming on the heels of a green bond from the City of Gothenburg.

European issuers are set to return to the subordinated debt market this week, following the confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the US election on Saturday. First off is NatWest Group, which reopened the additional tier one (AT1) market on Monday with its first venture into sterling.

Target Healthcare, a care home real estate investment trust, has renegotiated £170m of loans, with the borrower using risk free rates instead of Libor as a benchmark.

Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, has swapped its €2bn bank line with a sustainability-linked facility, with the deal defining the borrower’s core banking group.

Lloyds Bank has amended the terms of its consent solicitation for two of its additional tier one (AT1) notes, after failing to reach a quorum at its first bondholder meeting. It now plans to use a different spread methodology to calculate the switch over from Libor to Sonia.

Santander began phasing Libor out of two of its outstanding additional tier (AT1) one notes this week, having appointed NatWest Markets to lead the process to restructure the bonds to reference Sonia.

Daa, the Irish airport operator, and Akelius, the UK residential property company, snatched the chance to raise funds on Thursday, the most stable day for the bond market this week. But demand has been muted as jitters about lockdowns and next week’s US presidential election kept some investors on the sidelines.