The Netherlands
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High grade bond markets have made a flying start to the year, defying the expectations of a bear market in fixed income following the end of the European Central Bank’s asset purchase programme and tightening of monetary policy in the US. Instead of the expected cautious tone, investors have been fuelling record order books, big deals and strong performance in the secondary markets, write Burhan Khadbai and Nigel Owen. -
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten received its biggest ever order book in euros for a 10 year benchmark on Thursday, allowing it to print its biggest size in the currency since 2016.
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BNP Paribas has hired numerous bankers to bolster its corporate and institutional banking presence in the Nordic countries, including senior bankers in equity and derivatives roles.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten hit screens for its first euro benchmark of the year on Wednesday. The deal will be closely watched by the market as an important reference for what the environment looks like for the smaller euro public sector borrowers in 2019.
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Trading platform operator Tradeweb has received regulatory approvals to operate trading venues from Amsterdam as it solidifies its preparations for Brexit.
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Public sector dollar issuance has had a slower start to the year than usual — in part because of super strong conditions in other currencies — but SSA bankers are confident the strength of the deals that did come this week will boost the pipeline.
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The public sector euro market’s thundering start to the year stayed noisy on Thursday as a quartet of smaller issuers from across the continent printed oversubscribed deals.
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The first half of the year is expected to be a quiet one for equity capital markets deals in the Benelux region, despite a healthy pipeline of deals, due to the political risks facing the eurozone.
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ABN Amro has promoted one of its senior equity syndicate bankers to a wider coverage role within investment banking.
