The Netherlands
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Euronext today agreed to a strategic partnership with Morningstar which will bring new indices and derivatives contracts to the pan-European exchange within two weeks. -
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank has become the latest in a string of public sector borrowers to turn to the sterling market.
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Buoyed by relief following a Dutch election in which Eurosceptic Geert Wilders’ hopes of forming a government were dashed, public sector borrowers are flocking back to capital markets.
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ABN Amro took advantage of the more positive mood that followed Dutch elections and its earnings results to tap its existing 20 year by €750m to make the transaction the largest outstanding deal in that maturity.
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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday voted to keep its base rate at 0.25%, but a dissenting voice and a hawkish tone to the minutes have caused a Gilt sell-off at the short end.
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Shares in Avantium, the Dutch renewable chemicals company, closed 3.6% higher on Wednesday after it made its debut on the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges following the completion of its €103m IPO.
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Dutch company Wolters Kluwer printed a €500m 10 year trade almost flat to its curve on Tuesday, demonstrating just how low returns are from debt issued by firms in core European countries.
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The €90m IPO of Avantium, the Dutch renewable chemicals company, was covered at its maximum size including the 15% greenshoe on Wednesday, less than three working days into the bookbuild.
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ING was more than twice subscribed for a €1.5bn trade from its holding company on Thursday — its first senior bond since confirming it as its resolution entity.
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The superlatives “fantastic”, “surprising to the upside all the time” and “huge tightening” were being thrown around about the public sector dollar market this week — the only missing ingredient appears to be supply.
