RBC Capital Markets
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The corporate bond deals priced so far this week show a robust market. A US Federal Reserve meeting and a thinning pipeline may have resulted in a maiden over of a Wednesday, but hopes are high of primary business picking up before the end of the week. -
Bain Capital’s Diamond, the cleaning chemicals business, had to remove a controversial restricted payment clause before printing the triple-C rated bonds of its new financial structure on Tuesday.
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Metro Bank, the UK challenger bank, completed a 9.9% capital increase on Tuesday evening, after announcing its fourth consecutive quarterly profit.
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FMS Wertmanagement nipped into a quiet dollar market on Tuesday, pricing a five year global benchmark flat to its curve after taking the unusual step of jumping 2bp from opening guidance in one step.
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FMS Wertmanagement came shooting out the blocks on Monday with an early mandate for a global benchmark. The issuer has opted for a five year, with banks on the trade citing strong investor appetite for dollar paper at that point of the curve.
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Just one borrower occupied European high yield bond pipeline at the start of this week giving the impression the market is about to slow for summer. Bain Capital’s hygiene product supplier Diamond, is out on a roadshow.
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European Central Bank president Mario Draghi may have signed off for the summer by dampening debate around tapering of the ECB’s bond purchasing, but investors are still at their desks with money to spend.
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Kroger and Alimentation Couche-Tard led a flurry of issuance by dollar borrowers to exploit red hot demand for high grade paper. With the bulk of corporate America in earnings blackout, the retailers demonstrated the strength of investor sentiment.
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Greencoat Renewables, the newly created Irish wind farm operator managed by Greencoat Capital, has managed to increase the size of its IPO on the Dublin and London bourses by €20m, after it won demand from around 80 investors.
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A pair of three year prints in dollars provoked very different reactions from GC BondMarker voters in the second quarter. Read on to find out more in this week’s BondMarker round-up, which looks at the most notable dollar deals of the last quarter.
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US cleaning products maker Diversey has accelerated commitments on its €1.6bn-equivalent of loans, backing Bain Capital’s $3.2bn carve-out of the business from Sealed Air, despite one investor in London expressing concern over the deal’s leverage.
