Société Générale
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Bookrunners revealed more than €3bn of new speculative grade deals from seven issuers in the European high yield market this week. Coupons are slowly widening in the primary market, but they are still hitting issuers’ pricing targets, said market participants. -
A long time Natixis loans banker has left the bank to join French rival Société Générale’s global loan sales team.
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A pair of supranationals helped bolster Hong Kong’s green bond ambitions with some SRI deals this week.
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After selling €4.6bn of loans in March, Unilever Spreads unveiled the €1bn high yield bond portion of its leveraged buyout funding package on Wednesday. But as well as jumbo deals, other borrowers with smaller offerings are also vying for investor attention.
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EPIF Infrastructure, has released initial price guidance for a six year fixed rate euro benchmark.
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German residential property company Grand City Properties brought its third corporate bond deal of 2018 to the market on Tuesday, while the return of seed company Syngenta with a jumbo multi-tranche deal neared.
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The World Bank has raised HK$1bn ($127.39m) from its debut green bond denominated in Hong Kong dollars, making it the first supranational issuer to sell a syndicated green bond in the city.
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French shopping centre operator Unibail-Rodamco said in December it planned to sell around €2bn of bonds to refinance the bridge loan it has taken on to fund its $15.7bn acquisition of its Australian peer Westfield Corp. On Monday, it brought the deal to market and received reassuring demand.
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Two SSA borrowers printed euro benchmarks on Thursday, rounding out one of the strongest weeks of issuance in the currency of the year.
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European high yield bond issuers roadshowed for seven lower rated new offerings this week, leaving behind the quiet of the post-Easter recess. What followed was a vigorous tug of war over pricing and terms in which bankers and investors claimed different victories.
