Spain
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A trio of public sector borrowers hit screens with mandates on Monday ahead of what SSA bankers say will be a busy week of supply following a glut of benchmark issuance towards the end of the first quarter. -
Spanish telecoms provider MasMovil said on Monday that it had raised a €1.45bn seven year term loan to buy back a convertible bond subscribed by Providence Equity, one of the group’s anchor shareholders.
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Talos Capital has sold a €191.4m stake in Aena SME, the Spanish airport operator, capping off the biggest week for equity block trades in Europe this year.
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The SSA green bond market looks set for a busy few weeks, with the Dutch sovereign and Instituto de Crédito Oficial (Ico) primed to print debuts following SNCF Réseau’s tapping its green paper on Thursday.
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Spain’s Iberdrola has signed a €1.5bn sustainability-linked loan, which enables the energy company to borrow at pre-global financial crisis margins if it hits the performance indicators.
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Spanish telecommunications company Cellnex’s €1.2bn rights issue has finished more than 16 times covered after its shareholders bought into its growth plans.
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The Basque Country could became the latest Spanish sub-sovereign to hit the bond market in recent weeks as the regions look to get in ahead of Spain’s general election at the end of April.
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Instituto de Crédito Oficial (Ico), an already well established issuer in the social bond market, will meet investors to market its debut green bond.
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Prisa, the Spanish media conglomerate that owns El País, has agreed to acquire full control of educational publisher Santillana and will finance the deal with a €200m rights offer.
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Bankers away from Andalusia’s 10 year euro benchmark are heaping praise on the trade, which was priced on Tuesday.
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CaixaBank took advantage of strong market conditions to issue a €1bn seven year senior preferred transaction on Tuesday with strong demand allowing the issuer to price flat to its curve. At the same time, RBS opened order books for a dollar-denominated five year senior deal.
