Nomura

Borrowers in the sovereign, supranational and agency sector could find their funding plans rocked by whipsawing government bond yields for months to come.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) and Swedish Covered Bond Corp (SCBC) issued covered bonds of almost identical credit standing this week, but with very different outcomes.

Euro high yield investors on Thursday had more than €1.8bn of bonds to consider and two more tranches in euros whose final sizes were yet to be set — New Look, the UK fashion retailer, being at the forefront with the largest offering.

Nomura has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Albert Leung to serve as a Northeast Asia rates strategist.

Public sector bond markets are under threat from violent price moves and low liquidity for months to come, warned SSA bankers, after government bonds sold off sharply on Wednesday.

Inter-American Development Bank and KfW have got away with pricing dollar benchmarks of identical tenors on the same day although neither borrower tightened pricing from the initial price thoughts level.

A pair of issuers hit screens on Monday with five year mandates in dollars — and with initial price thoughts within a couple of basis points of one another.

New Look, the UK fashion retailer, will begin a roadshow on Tuesday for a £1.2bn-equivalent high yield bond issue to redeem all its bonds and repay its PIK notes after being acquired by Brait, the investment firm.

Two Japanese companies joined in the active convertible new issue market this week: condominium developer Iida Group and Edion, an electricals and electronics retail chain.

SC Lowy, the Hong Kong-based investment bank specialising in fixed income, has hired Hussein Nasser as head of European bond trading, with a remit to expand its high yield business.

Woori Bank this week became the first non-Chinese bank to print an additional tier one (AT1) bond in Asia ex-Japan. The Korean lender was able to achieve the lowest coupon globally for an AT1 deal but sparked criticism that it was too aggressive with pricing and risked shutting the bank capital pipeline from the country, writes Narae Kim.

Woori Bank is well underway with what will be the first Basel III additional tier one (AT1) from a non-Chinese bank in Asia ex-Japan. Bankers on the deal officially launched bookbuilding with price guidance on June 3, having collected feedback from investors the previous day on fair value and the best comps.