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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank this week became the first European SSA to print in the Swiss franc market since 2015, followed by Municipality Finance two days later. Favourable moves in the euro/Swiss franc basis, alongside rising Swiss interest rates, opened a window for old borrowers to return. -
Forecasts that Europe’s corporate bond market would be all but closed for the summer this week were belied by Unilever on Monday when it launched its biggest-ever euro bond and took some of the tightest corporate pricing ever.
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank has become the first European SSA to print in the Swiss market since 2015, citing a favourable move in the euro/Swiss franc basis swap as a reason for the return.
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Eurofins Scientific and Thermo Fisher Scientific both held investor update calls on Monday — and both announced deals on Tuesday. The science double bill proved no horror story, though, with investors clamouring for unrated Eurofins as well as Thermo Fisher’s jumbo multi-tranche deal.
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The bank wants to grow its franchise, but may have to take its M&A joint venture with Case a step further to achieve its goals, writes David Rothnie.
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Steinhoff Europe, the furniture maker, made its debut in senior euro corporate bond markets on Monday, and was the only issuer to offer investors a transaction on the day. The €800m 7.5 year deal followed a European roadshow last week.
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On Wednesday Aroundtown became the seventh property company in the last month to sell bonds in Europe. It followed the trend of its peers by extending the maturity profile of its debt with a €500m 8.5 year transaction.
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On Wednesday Aroundtown became the seventh property company in the last month to sell bonds in Europe. It followed the trend of its peers by extending the maturity profile of its debt with a €500m 8.5 year transaction.
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Five new high yield offerings, including the biggest floating rate note seen in Europe so far this year, entered the market this week. The FRN is a sign that frontiers are becoming blurred between different leveraged finance markets for debt buyers, said bankers.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) launched a three year dollar floater on Thursday, pricing at what one of the leads said was flat to the issuer’s curve, deftly navigating a tricky week for dollar borrowing.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten launched a three year dollar floater on Thursday, pricing at what one of the leads said was flat to the issuer's curve.
