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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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The European Commission has published its proposal for an EU recovery fund. Next Generation EU, as it has been dubbed, has impressed onlookers with promises of €500bn of grants and a further €250bn of loans for countries affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten scored a 10 year dollar benchmark bond on Wednesday — its first at the tenor for four years. A fellow European issuer hit the short end of the dollar curve.
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The European Banking Authority warned this week that lenders could struggle with asset quality problems for years as a result of Covid-19, publishing the findings in its first sensitivity analysis of the EU banking sector.
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Lloyds Banking Group has become the latest financial institution to extend the life of an additional tier one capital instrument (AT1), after arguing on Friday that it would be "uneconomic" for it to refinance its €750m 6.375% notes amid the stress of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Huhtamäki, the Finnish veteran of the Schuldschein market, is looking for a five year deal. Several bankers have said many other international issuers are coming as the market emerges from the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic, but they will find market norms have changed.
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UPDATED 16 May 3am BST Since March 18, when Europe's coronavirus caseload overtook east Asia's, it has had the most cases. On Tuesday Europe was surpassed by the Americas, which now has 1.86m as of Thursday.