Société Générale
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Plans to create a new tier of debt in France has put minds at ease about the status of existing senior bonds, bolstering their performance and clearing the way for what could be a very busy year for French banks. -
The Iberian Peninsula was host to a duo of barnstorming sovereign benchmarks this week, but there was no consensus among bankers over whether they signified an appetite for sovereigns at the lower end of the European credit quality spectrum.
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A series of oversubscribed deals among core issuers could encourage Austria to seek a print in the current market.
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Portugal equalled its largest ever benchmark size with a visit to the 10 year part of the curve on Thursday, taking the week’s overall sovereign euro issuance to a record high.
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Portugal equalled its largest ever benchmark size with a visit to the 10 year part of the curve on Thursday, taking the week’s overall sovereign euro issuance to a record high.
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Trafigura, the Singapore based commodity trader, launched a $4.3bn loan refinancing on Thursday as it looks to improve terms off the back of a standout year in 2015.
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Belgium has scored the second bumper sovereign trade of the week, building one of its largest books in several years to print a 10 year euro benchmark that enjoyed strong participation from beyond Europe.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev has brought its jumbo acquisition financing to the US corporate bond market on Wednesday, after days of speculation over when it would arrive. But that did not deter Telecom Italia and Mondelez from issuing in the European market.
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Telecom Italia brought the first telecoms bond deal of the year to the European market on Wednesday, tapping both high yield and investment grade investors.
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Portugal is limbering up for its first benchmark of the year in a week heavy with eurozone periphery sovereign issuance, including an auction where Italy’s three year yield nearly dipped below zero.
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Poland and Chile dived into the market this week, printing the first CEEMEA and Latin America bonds of the year.
