UniCredit
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Italy announced on Monday the banks to lead its first ever 50 year syndication, a bond planned since May. -
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A chaotic start to the week for the euro corporate bond market saw one deal pulled on a combination of soured sentiment and aggressive pricing, causing issuers to engage in a balancing act before risk appetite returned in force at the end of the week.
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Investors threw off the caution on Thursday that saw them hesitate over lower-rated investment grade corporate bond deals offering low spreads on earlier in the week.
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The European Investment Bank has pushed the green bond curve out to the unprecedented length of 21 years with a new issue on Wednesday.
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The euro corporate hybrid market reopened on Wednesday as Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg sold the second leg of its intended two currency deal, the first part of which was said by onlookers to have been subject to poor market conditions early in the week.
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The ebullient tone that characterised the first three weeks of September has faded as investors begin to fret over the US presidential election on November 8, but there is still life in the SSA market.
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Deutsche Lufthansa pulled a planned €500m seven year trade on Monday, not the first time the issuer has pulled a deal from the corporate bond market.
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Oberbank, the Austrian regional lender, has announced the pricing and timetable for its rights issue, intended to raise up to €105.9m to fund its expansion.
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China National Chemical Corp’s $12.7bn acquisition loan for Syngenta, which drew eight commitments during general syndication, is expected be signed with the new lenders in the next two weeks, according to bankers.
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Italian spirits company Gruppo Campari has signed a €300m three year term loan with three banks to repay US private placement notes signed in 2003 and 2009, in an effort to reduce its funding costs.
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Semperit, a rubber and plastic goods manufacturer, has come to the Schuldschein market with a uniquely diverse deal; as an Austrian firm issuing to a largely German market, in Polish and US currencies.
