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Utilities metering company could refinance Schuldschein in coming months
Tight spreads keep Middle East borrowers in bond market, and away from loans
Kazakh bank doubles the tenor to two years compared to previous deals
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Synlab’s multi-part liability management exercise has ended up leaning more heavily on the bond market than on loans, with the new FRN leg boosted from €400m to €850m, more than compensating for limited take-up from lenders asked to switch into a longer dated loan. But it should be little surprise that the bond went better, as it paid investors an extra 75bp for a near-identical product. -
Network Homes is looking for US private placements, according to several market sources. The London housing association is the first of its type to return to the market after a string of prospective PPs were suspended during the initial peak of the pandemic crisis. Sources expect these postponed deals to return shortly.
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The coronavirus pandemic, in terms of the financial markets has had its winners as well as its losers. The loan market, after years of decline as borrowers sought better terms in bond markets, has shown its worth in times of trouble by being able to offer liquidity lifelines to companies left in dire need of the stuff when other markets could not provide it.
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Companies that pay little tax have suffered worse share price declines during the coronavirus pandemic than the market as a whole — a result that suggests investors may at last be taking notice of this long ignored aspect of corporate governance.
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Steel maker ArcelorMittal has raised over $2bn through a sale of new shares and mandatory convertible bonds after posting a $1bn loss in the first quarter because of the Covid-19 global pandemic, which has caused demand for steel to plunge.
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Kingfisher, the UK home improvement retailer, has signed short term crisis loans in sterling and euro that will sit alongside the company’s already drawn revolving credit facilities, bringing its access to liquidity up to £2bn.
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