Société Générale
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Two Russian issuers forged ahead with plans to issue Eurobonds this week, despite increasing noise around Russian sanctions that threaten to push spreads wider. -
The Republic of Poland exceeded its own and its leads’ hopes when it issued its second green bond this week. Piotr Nowak, undersecretary of state at Poland's finance ministry, told GlobalCapital that with 41% of green accounts participating, the sovereign had succeeded in diversifying its investor base.
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The investment grade corporate bond market has started February with intent, with Thursday registering as the second busiest day of 2018 so far.
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Republic of Romania offered investors a rare opportunity to buy sovereign debt from central and eastern Europe with a three digit spread on Thursday.
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Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport (DME) has named leads for dollar roadshows, potentially adding to the $2bn of supply from Russian issuers so far this year.
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Endeavour Mining, the Toronto-listed, UK-headquartered gold exploration company active in west Africa, has raised $300m to refinance debt with a debut five year convertible bond issue that was well subscribed, according to several sources close to the deal.
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The Republic of Poland has set final terms for its €1bn 8.5 year green bond, with books over €3.4bn at the last market update. A banker away from the deal called the final level tight.
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Private equity firm PAI's divestment of its majority stake in Kiloutou, the French equipment rental firm, is pumping supply into the term loan market this week through a secondary buyout. Meanwhile, PAI is itself funding its leveraged buyout of Albéa, a French beauty product packaging group, with a high yield pay-if-you-can (PIYC) bond.
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Public sector borrowers this week set new landmarks in what has already been an exemplary year in dollars, as KfW sold the largest 10 year dollar benchmark in 2.5 years and the Nordic Investment Bank priced the tightest deal versus swaps of 2018 so far. SSA bankers are confident that conditions will hold at both ends of the curve — allowing the possibility of further long end supply and even lower short end spreads.
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Italy’s leading gas distribution company Italgas was the latest issuer to benefit from the lack of corporate bond supply so far in 2018, tapping a deal on Tuesday. Investors, starved of paper, have caused order books to be multiple times oversubscribed and issuers have benefited from tight pricing as a result.
