Société Générale
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Rating: Baa1/BBB/BBB-
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Europe’s high grade bond investors showed they are still willing to swallow ultra-thin spreads this week, when Dutch leasing company LeasePlan priced a green bond well inside fair value and Deutsche Boerse won ample demand for a thinly priced €1bn deal. -
Intesa Sanpaolo launched a long awaited debut senior non-preferred deal on Wednesday. After having announced a large non-preferred funding programme last year, the bank has reduced its funding needs thanks to regulatory changes.
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UBS and Santander Consumer Finance found a combined €8.15bn of demand across the senior curve on Monday, printing deals between five and twelve years in tenor. With market conditions good, bankers expect more deals to follow.
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Europe’s high grade bond investors showed they are still willing to swallow ultra-thin spreads on Monday, when Dutch leasing company LeasePlan priced a green bond well inside fair value and Deutsche Boerse won ample demand for a thinly priced €1bn deal.
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Mercuria has launched a US private placement deal, according to market sources. The privately-owned Swiss commodity trader is the third company to enter the PP market from Europe this year.
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Nykredit Realkredit opted to tap the seven year point of the curve on Monday as it issued senior non-preferred debt ahead of a deadline for regulatory debt buffers in 2022.
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Česká zbrojovka Group (CZG), a Czech firearms company, has mandated banks to arrange a local currency bond, which investors say is a developing trend. The bond will contribute to CZG’s planned acquisition of US arms major Colt.
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Société Générale dived into the euro market in search of preferred senior paper on Friday morning, just days after reporting its 2020 results, becoming the fourth bank to tap the seven year part of the curve in the last fortnight.
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Snam, the Italian gas pipeline company, and SKF, the Swedish ball bearing maker, kicked the week’s corporate bond new issuance off in Europe on Monday with deals that offered razor-thin spreads from the start.
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SpareBank 1 SMN’s second green bond, priced on Thursday, is set to spark a flurry of similar green deals as issuers try and take advantage of the demand on offer for labelled debt — even at near-term tights.
