Spain
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DomusVi, the French operator of private care homes for the elderly, announced on Tuesday a €125m tap of its subsidiary HomeVi’s only high yield bond, as it is acquiring Geriatros from private equity fund Magnum. -
Two peripheral bank trades on Tuesday offered further proof that the FIG market is once again in rude health. Ibercaja Banco opened books on its long awaited tier two and Banco Popolare opted for a senior five year.
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Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna’s (BPER) and Banco Popular Español’s (BPE) five year bonds enjoyed equally good receptions, even though BPER’s Italian covered bond came at half the spread and with a much lower rating than BPE’s Spanish deal.
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Cellnex Telecom, the broadcasting tower business floated by Abertis Infraestructuras in May, marketed and sold its first bond issue on Monday, raising €600m.
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The chief executive and other top officers of Merlin Properties, the acquisitive Spanish real estate company, have been on the road this week, for the company’s second rights issue in three months, as it seeks €1.034bn to buy Testa, another property firm.
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Banco Popular Espanol has mandated leads for a long five year Cedulas benchmark, the second from Spain in that maturity this year.
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Citigroup sold a 4.17% stake in Abengoa’s class ‘B’ shares in an accelerated bookbuild on Thursday night, for €97.6m.
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The proportion of residential mortgages in Spanish Multi-Cédulas (MC) has risen, leading to an improvement in their credit quality, Fitch said on Tuesday.
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Santander has issued European covered bonds from Spain, Portugal and UK but could soon be about to issue Obligations Foncières from a new French programme. However, the sub benchmark sized deals are likely to be placed with the ECB said bankers.
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Spanish covered bond spreads were stable on Monday following the multi-notch rating upgrades Moody’s announced at the end of last week, as developments over Greece’s debt negotiations took centre stage. Though a few selective high beta names attracted real money interest, the overall market was heavy even as some government bonds were 20bp tighter or more.
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Unión de Créditos Inmobiliarios’ has issued the first Spanish RMBS since 2007. Meanwhile, ING made its first appearance in two years with an RMBS backed by better quality collateral than many covered bonds, and with a much fatter spread.
