RBC Capital Markets
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Investor expectations for the number of US Federal Reserve target rate rises this year grew on Wednesday after inflation figures for the country came in higher than most analysts’ expectations. The shift came on the same day that Rentenbank doubled its minimum size on a dollar syndication. -
US chip maker Broadcom has received commitments from 12 lenders for a staggering $100bn funding package to finance its acquisition of technology company Qualcomm.
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UK media company Entertainment One has tapped its outstanding 6.875% bonds due 2022 for £70m ($97.6m), as the company looks to snap up the remaining stake in the television studio Mark Gordon Company that it does not already own.
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United Utilities became the third UK corporate issuer to sell a sterling bond in 2018, when it printed a seven year deal 24 hours later than initially planned. The company held an investor call on Monday, but then paused for a day due to global markets' volatility, before launching the deal on Wednesday.
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A pair of dollar deals on Wednesday showcased what bankers felt was a theme during a week with a volatile market backdrop, as a top tier name tightened pricing and was comfortably oversubscribed, while a second tier issuer was able to get a deal away but could not move in from price thoughts.
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United Utilities became the third corporate issuer to sell a sterling bond in 2018, when it printed a seven year deal 24 hours later than initially planned. The company held an investor call on Monday, but then paused for a day due to global markets' volatility, before launching the deal on Wednesday.
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Public sector borrowers are reaping the benefits of investors looking to “weather the storm” of wider market volatility, said bankers, as investors poured cash into short dated dollar issues this week. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten and Sweden are set to be the next issuers to benefit, after mandating for three year trades on Tuesday.
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Three dollar borrowers have hit screens in a market buoyed by a pronounced Treasury sell-off.
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Equity investors have entered the New Year hungry for assets. Demand on deals has well exceeded initial volumes, leading to issuers increasing sale sizes.
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Entertainment One, the Canadian record label and entertainment company, has raised £53m, in an accelerated bookbuild, to partly finance its acquisition of the remaining shares in The Mark Gordon Company, the Hollywood production company behind films such as Saving Private Ryan, in which it already owns a 51% stake.
