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Europe’s IPO market took a couple of knocks this week when one flotation was pulled and another traded sharply down on its debut, partly because investor sentiment has cooled. But there was still enough vigour in the market to ensure a successful conclusion to the €3bn re-privatisation of Allied Irish Banks (AIB), write John Loh and Jon Hay. -
Allied Irish Banks again tightened guidance on its London and Dublin IPO this evening, moving the lower and upper limits to €4.30 to €4.50 a share.
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The Mortgage Society of Finland's deal on Tuesday was not among them however, coming as it did with a a wider spread than usual.
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Nordic issuers are occupying both ends of the deal size range in the euro high yield market of late. First was Sweden's Instrum’s multibillion bond sale on Friday, and on Tuesday Denmark’s European Energy announced a €50m refinancing deal.
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As temperatures across Europe hit new highs for the year, primary issuance is also hotting up in its corporate bond market. Borrowers led the charge on Monday with three well received deals totalling five tranches.
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Sparebank 1 Boligkreditt found solid demand for its €1bn seven year on Monday, even though the transaction vied for investors’ attention with another deal in the same maturity.
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A week long roadshow and investor meetings in six countries paid off for Swedish debt collector Intrum Justitia, which sold the bond to fund its merger with Lindorff with an average coupon of below 3% on Friday.
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A call by US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin this week to lessen the capital burden on banks had a bigger effect on US rates than a well telegraphed Federal Reserve target rate rise, creating some breathing space in long end swap spreads. That could ease long dated public sector bond issuance, but with euro market offering enviable duration funding, there may not be a queue of borrowers ready to print, writes Craig McGlashan.
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It is often suggested that issuers have to pay up for issuing sub-benchmark sized deals. However, this week two corporate issuers printed successful €300m transactions with little discernible premium compared to benchmark transactions.
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All the action in the SSA bond markets switched to euros on Wednesday morning with the US Federal Reserve's imminent decision on interest rates quieting the dollar market.
