Société Générale
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Following French food company Danone’s recent hugely successful hybrid corporate debut, investors have been waiting for the next hybrid trade. This week they had two to consider. -
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The public sector market for euro paper is providing superb execution for those borrowers that still have needs in the currency — but those are few and far between.
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Demand is so hot in Europe's corporate bond market, that with pricing being driven to ever tighter levels, bankers are beginning to believe the rally is self-sustaining, and would continue even without European Central Bank (ECB) support, writes Nigel Owen.
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The European high yield bond pipeline was stuffed with an array of mainly sub-benchmark deals this week, after issuance volume hit a historic high.
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The City of Paris printed a sustainability bond on Thursday, shaving several basis points from the spread during execution thanks to a healthily oversubscribed book.
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Société Générale has given additional responsibilities to two senior bankers working in the research department of its corporate and investment bank.
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The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) managed to pull its spread in by 6bp from price guidance on its six year green bond issue today, attracting a heavily oversubscribed book full of investors seemingly ready to buy at any price.
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Italian corporate issuers have dominated bond issuance in recent weeks but Wednesday brought a pair from Iberia, as two energy suppliers took advantage of the market's hot conditions.
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With political unease in Saudi Arabia contributing to increasing buy-side aversion to Middle Eastern credit, leading Dubai bank Emirates NBD paid a 5bp-10bp premium for its new five year note on Tuesday.
