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Monday evening sale is latest block trade
◆ Danish biotech prints three tranches along the curve ◆ Seven year bond proves the sweet spot ◆ Proceeds to refinance €1.5bn acquisition bridge
Sfr4.9bn trade is largest European ECM deal since National Grid’s £7bn rights issue in 2024
Offer came as markets recovered and volatility fell
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Standard & Poor’s expects the European default rate to climb to the highest level seen since the fallout from the last financial crisis. -
The sharp rise in corporate fallen angels this year has not led to sharp yield rises for the effected companies, leaving people on the front lines of European corporate capital markets scratching their heads to try and work out why.
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A surge in repo-eligible issuance and deteriorating credit outlook for the retail and hotel commercial mortgage segments that secure some cover pools has pummelled the Pfandbrief market. This has been compounded by a lack of transparency leading to "an uneasy feeling" and ‘some uncertainty’ said bankers.
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Analysts at Société Générale say that bank credit spreads have plenty of room left to tighten in 2020, especially as supply volumes fall in the second half of the year.
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National champions have outpaced their smaller peers in the rally in bank bond spreads over recent months. Investors say individual valuations in the middle tier of the sector could pick up, but that the chances of consolidation may first have to improve.
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Icelandair, Iceland’s flag carrier airline, has been approved for a state-backed loan guarantee that is contingent on it raising $147m-equivalent through a “vital” share sale, as a major airline industry body calls for more government assistance to the sector.
