Spain
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The IPO of Metrovacesa, the Spanish property developer, finished oversubscribed on Friday after the deal was repriced downwards after reaching the end of its scheduled bookbuild period without any covered message having been given. -
The investment grade corporate bond market started February with the second busiest day of 2018 so far, picking up after a relatively quiet January. Acea, Ford and Prosegur Cia de Seguridad, sold five tranches between them, including two floating rate notes (FRNs), on the first day of the new month.
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The investment grade corporate bond market has started February with intent, with Thursday registering as the second busiest day of 2018 so far.
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France is hoping to add its name to a growing list of sovereigns in China’s Panda bond market, having discussed the possibility with at least two of the country’s biggest state-owned banks.
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El Corte Inglés, Europe’s largest department store group, has agreed a debt refinancing of up to €3.65bn and negotiated better terms, even as bankers fret about how loose lending conditions are becoming.
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Iberdrola, the Spanish electricity company, has amended and extended €5.3bn-equivalent of green loans, in what it claims is the largest sustainable finance transaction ever. It has locked in its best bank facility terms for more than a decade.
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While Tuesday brought a flurry of euro benchmarks, the pace of issuance will slacken on Wednesday as the market battens down for a busy week of US data announcements.
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Bankinter followed last week’s blow out sovereign issue from the Kingdom of Spain to launch a covered bond on Monday. With an unreconciled order book of €1.6bn and little price sensitivity, the offering contrasted starkly to earlier peripheral covered bonds seen this year.
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When talking to syndicate managers or investors about the first month of 2018, you may think that supply volumes in the euro investment grade corporate bond market have been unusually low. However, a comparison of previous January issuance levels suggests it has been a much more normal start to the year.
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While European Central Bank president Mario Draghi kept firmly to his course of accommodative monetary policy at Thursday’s press conference, the euro strengthened further against the dollar, dragging Bund yields up with it. Lewis McLellan reports.
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Prisa, the Spanish media conglomerate that owns El País, has launched its fully underwritten €563m rights issue after it was approved by CNMV, the Spanish market regulator, on Thursday.
