BMO Capital Markets
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Canadian telecommunications company Telus is set to print the nation’s first sustainability-linked bond, after launching its framework earlier this week. Fellow Canadian Enbridge could join Telus: the oil pipeline operator published its SLB framework on Thursday.
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A pair of globally systematically important banks (G-SIBs) made rare visits to niche bond markets to raise senior debt at a group level this week, including a Canadian dollar market that is enjoying its busiest year for offshore financials since 2007.
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Bank of Montreal is seeking investor consent to switch from referencing Libor to Sonia on its sterling covered bond, following similar moves from other borrowers. Different calculation methods are emerging for the transition.
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Bank of Montreal attracted good demand for a €1.25bn eight year covered bond on Tuesday and paid a modest new issue concession. The outcome was deemed a fine result given that market conditions are not at their best.
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Alphawave, the Canadian company that develops technology for the semiconductor industry, is targeting a valuation of up to £3.2bn, according to the terms of its IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
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Goldman Sachs made its second visit to the Maple market this year on Thursday. The Canadian dollar market is enjoying its busiest year in four years for offshore issuance.
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The State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the International Finance Facility for Immunisation attracted impressive demand in the dollar market on Wednesday, allowing them to print big deals in the currency.
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African Development Bank hit the market with a five year benchmark on Tuesday — the first sizable deal at the tenor since early February. The deal set records for an AfDB five year, the largest ever size, the largest order book and pricing with its tightest spread to mid-swaps.