UniCredit
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Europe’s high grade corporate bond investors showed for the second day in a row on Wednesday how hungry they are for spread. Low triple-B rated credits Aker BP and Holding d’Infrastructures de Transport both increased their bond issues after bumper demand. -
Barclays paid a visit to the euro market to sell its first public senior deal in over a year on Wednesday morning, offering investors a rare chance to pick up exposure to its debt in floating and fixed rate formats.
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Eni, the Italian oil and gas company, got its chunky €2bn hybrid capital issue comfortably oversubscribed on Tuesday, after a similar success for Orange last week. Corporate bond investors are piling money into anything that offers higher returns.
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Vestas, the Danish wind turbine maker, has signed a €2bn-equivalent facility linked to key performance indicators around sustainability. It was the first time the borrower has structured bank debt in this way.
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Issuers piled into Europe’s high grade corporate market on Wednesday but the deal flow had slowed to a dribble by Thursday with many issuers still on earnings blackouts. Investors showed less enthusiasm for the deals that came at the tightest spreads.
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LBBW landed its latest senior non-preferred bond, a €500m eight year deal, through its conventional curve on Tuesday, as the borrower enjoyed the spoils of a large and granular order book.
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The Singapore-incorporated global energy company Puma Energy has bounced back after a planned bond issuance last year failed to materialise, raising $590m in the loan market. Sources say the company’s change of management and reorganisation brought a “sense of relief”.
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Pandora, the Danish jewellery maker, has signed a €950m sustainability-linked loan and in the process become the latest company to repay, early, coronavirus pandemic crisis funding taken out last year.
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Issuers piled into Europe’s high grade corporate market on Wednesday but investor responses were mixed when it came to the deals at the tightest spreads.
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LBBW enjoyed the euro limelight on Tuesday morning as it sold the week’s first senior deal from a European borrower, pricing a €500m eight year deal that peaked at more than three times covered.
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Europe’s high grade bond investors are set to be offered new bonds from both ends of the ratings spectrum this week, as A2 rated air traffic controller Nats (En Route) and fallen angel car parts company ZF Friedrichshafen planned deals.
