The Netherlands
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Public sector borrowers are taking advantage of some of the best conditions in the dollar market all year to print jumbo sized deals at the tightest spreads to US Treasuries in months.
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The vogue for gym IPOs looks set to continue, with Basic-Fit of the Netherlands announcing an intention to float on Tuesday. -
World Bank roared into the dollar market on Tuesday with the largest five year benchmark in the currency in over a year, as KfW and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten hit screens with short dated mandates.
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Export Development Canada is to print a long four year sterling bond as demand for paper in the currency defied fears of a possible UK's exit from the European Union.
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Aegon Bank has mandated joint leads for a seven year, the fourth Dutch covered bond of the year and the second with a conditional pass-through mechanism.
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The IPO of Philips Lighting, though smaller than some bankers had expected, has got off to a good start, achieving coverage on Tuesday night, after the bookbuild began on Monday.
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Philips, the Dutch household electronics firm, has agreed about €1.7bn of loans for its Philips Lighting unit, giving the subsidiary access to standalone funding as it prepares for a public listing.
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Sif Group, the Dutch maker of tubular foundations for offshore wind turbines and oil and gas rigs, succeeded in its second attempt at an IPO on Wednesday, and its shares closed flat after their debut on Thursday.
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ABN Amro mandated banks for a euro-denominated green bond on Wednesday, as the asset class prepares to get off the ground for the first time in 2016.
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Nidera, the agricultural commodity trading and logistics firm, last week closed the syndication of its $900m multicurrency syndicated loan, which was oversubscribed.
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Investors threw more than €6.5bn at a perpetual non-call five year additional tier one trade from Rabobank on Tuesday, the bank’s first such deal since it revised its governance structure.
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