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High grade and crossover bonds

Corporate bonds walloped as virus sell-off surprises

Corporate bond spreads swung wider again on Thursday, surprising some investors and bankers with the severity of the moves, after they thought investment grade credit had dodged some of the biggest hits when global securities started plunging at the start of the week.

Mike Turner, February 27, 2020
Corporate Bonds

Syngenta slips through only Swiss franc window

Syngenta, the Swiss agrichemicals company, on Tuesday sold its first Swiss franc bond since being acquired by China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) in 2017. But other mandated deals hang in the balance as the Covid-19 coronavirus spreads across Europe.

Silas Brown, February 27, 2020
ABBs-Block Trades

EDP block multiple times covered despite virus sell-off

China Three Gorges Corp, the Chinese state-owned power company, has successfully offloaded €292m of stock in Portuguese energy firm Energias de Portugal, despite four straight days of heavy losses in European equity markets, due to the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus across the continent.

Aidan Gregory, February 27, 2020
Regulation

World Bank’s Malpass lambasts ECB

The head of the World Bank has launched an outspoken attack on the European Central Bank’s monetary policy, saying its mass purchases of long-dated sovereign bonds was distorting markets and failed to provide short-term finance.

Phil Thornton, February 27, 2020
Supras and agencies

Unédic benefits from relative value and strength of name

Unédic was almost three times covered for a 10 year bond on Thursday, with the leads pointing to the relative value of the trade and the quality of name as the factors behind its success against a difficult market backdrop.

Burhan Khadbai, February 27, 2020
Southpaw

UBS goes for ‘one firm’ approach to improve IB

Sergio Ermotti’s call for improvement in UBS’s investment bank could be undermined by the arrival of his successor as chief executive, writes David Rothnie.

David Rothnie, February 27, 2020
Covered Bonds

Covered bonds expected to reopen FIG, when time is right

Financial markets weakened further on Thursday, as the economic impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic scotched any chance of primary market activity, said bankers. A period of stability is necessary before new issuance can restart, they said, at which point covered bonds will be the product of choice.

Bill Thornhill, February 27, 2020
Investment Grade Loans

Lenders hope Covid-19 doesn't throw off Q2

Europe's high grade loan bankers are expecting better things from the second quarter of the year, citing the resolution of a handful of macro events. But the rise of the Covid-19 coronavirus hammered the markets this week, which has the potential to put companies off raising loan debt until the second half of the year.

Mike Turner, February 27, 2020
Regulatory Capital

Hamburg Commercial to skip Milan meetings on T2 roadshow

Hamburg Commercial Bank will no longer visit Milan on the roadshow for its new tier two bond, with parts of northern Italy having been locked down to contain the spread of Covid-19. But issuers and investors are still managing to get on with their business amid the mounting chaos.

David Freitas, February 27, 2020
ABBs-Block Trades

Coronavirus correction keeps block trades at bay

It has been an appalling week for stock markets as fears over the coronavirus outbreak gripped investors. Tumbling share prices mean many sellers of equity capital markets deals, particularly of large, liquid block trades, are set to stay away from the market, given the damage done to their holdings.

Sam Kerr, February 27, 2020
Investment Grade Loans

Maersk signs sustainable loan amid rating agency virus warnings

Denmark's Maersk has signed a $5bn sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, as Moody's warns that the shipping company is at particular risk in its sector from fallout of the Covid-19 coronavirus

Mike Turner, February 27, 2020
People News

Bank of America names EU, France heads

Fernando Vicario, Jérôme Morisseau and Stéphane Courbon have been given new jobs in Paris at Bank of America.

Jasper Cox, February 27, 2020

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