Search results for

* Commerzbank AG

SHARES IN UK property company Canary Wharf will be priced at between £2.80 and £3.50, according to the pathfinder prospectus published this week. The flotation, to be completed later this months, is being lead managed by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. The indicative range values the company at between £1.4bn to £1.7bn before 160m new shares have been sold. After the sale, the group will be worth between £1.8bn and £2.33bn, less than bankers' initial expectations of a value nearer £2.6bn.

4118

Corporates have become the darlings of the European bond market. New issuance is running at record highs as investors look for paper yielding decent spreads at a time when government bond yields are low. The birth of the euro has created the opportunity for the corporate bond market to expand rapidly, providing a genuine alternative to the dollar for borrowers and a new asset class for investors. Several companies have already tapped the burgeoning investor demand by issuing large, liquid bonds in the new currency, and the queue of would-be issuers is lengthening all the time. But the syndicated loan market still provides powerful competition to the bond market. And many European companies are so cash rich that they have little need to visit the capital markets anytime soon. Will 1999 be the year when the European corporate bond market finally takes off? Or are investment bankers’ expectations running ahead of reality? Charles Olivier reports.

DEUTSCHE Bank is sole underwriting a bridge financing of Eu1bn for the Danish food products and packaging company Danisco. Bankers say it is the largest ever loan from the Nordic region to be underwritten by a single bank. The facility was launched into syndication on March 9 and around 10 banks should join the deal. A presentation for senior managers will be held next week.

CSFB HAS been appointed as global co-ordinator for the forthcoming sale of stock in Matav, the Hungarian national operator, after a particularly hard fought battle for the prestigious mandate. The deal should materialise in the second quarter of the year, if market conditions stabilise. Given the volatility surrounding both developed and emerging markets, the deal is likely to be executed on a swift timetable - possibly through an accelerated marketed offering to minimise the effect on Matav's outstanding shares.

10416

Global co-ordinators Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan will launch the sale of stock in Debitel next week. Debitel is the largest German telecoms service provider, with activities in mobile, fixed-line and internet services. The group will be spun off from the recently merged Daimler-Chrysler Services and the local retail group, Metro Holding. The two sellers are offering around 20% of Debitel's equity capital to international and local equity investors in a deal which will be completed by the end of March.

4121

Jumbo issuance leaped to Eu8bn this week as improved arbitrage opportunities prompted several mortgage banks to launch liquid transactions. The deals confirmed the changing nature of the jumbo primary market - many of the leading issuers of jumbos appear to have accepted the need for new issues to be bookbuilt with a syndicate of underwriters below the bookrunner level.

Peru ABN Amro Bank NV and BankBoston NA have been mandated to arrange a $200m four year facility for Telefónica del Perú. The borrower was last in the market in December last year when it received a $300m loan which was partly provided under a CAF umbrella.