Société Générale
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Innogy, the German utility split off from RWE in April 2016, on Wednesday announced it would be holding investor calls about a new benchmark 10 year debut green bond issue. Later in the day, Standard & Poor’s upgraded the issuer to BBB. -
FIG bankers say that Germany’s Commerzbank is unlikely to remain a standalone entity forever. But a tie-up for the bank is firmly in the realm of fantasy M&A for now, writes David Rothnie.
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Empark, Vallourec and Dufry met strong demand for their new high yield bonds this week as investors opened their deep pockets.
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On Wednesday, A2A became the second Italian utility this week to sell a 10 year new issue. The company achieved the current benchmark low single digit new issue premium for its €300m deal.
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UPC Holding, the telecoms company owned by Liberty Global, and UK car glass specialist Belron announced multi-currency term loan offerings on Tuesday.
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Italian gas utility Snam repeated the new issue-and-tender strategy it used in 2016 as it printed its third ever 10 year bond on Tuesday. The company was not able to replicate the zero new issue premium it achieved 12 months ago, but did still price at a very tight spread.
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On Tuesday, Iren, the electricity and gas distributor, announced a new benchmark green bond alongside a tender offer for some of its outstanding bonds.
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One of the most widely anticipated IPOs in the EMEA region got going on Thursday when EN+ Group, the Russian power and metals business controlled by Oleg Deripaska, said it would sell up to $1.5bn worth of global depositary receipts in London and Moscow in November.
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On Thursday the European corporate bond markets had two new telecoms deals to consider. In the investment grade sector, unrated French issuer, Iliad, equalled its largest and longest transaction to date. The seven year trade was the shorter deal on offer, with sub-investment grade Telecom Italia opting for a 10 year tenor.
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Investors piled into a 10 year covered bond from Société Générale this week, even though it was the fifth from a French issuer in the same tenor in the last month. But with issuers incentivised to pre-fund ahead of 2018, some market participants say that investor resistance will be seen before year-end.
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Ireland has sold its first negative yielding bond, raising €4bn with a five year. The deal pulled in €10.1bn of orders, despite some trepidation over the developing situation between Catalonia and Spain.
