Corp Bonds - Swiss franc
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McDonald’s offered a Sfr400m ($413.6m) eight year trade to the Swiss market on Monday, closing the deal with an order book exceeding Sfr1.5bn and tightening pricing by more than the lead managers had expected. -
Vodafone issued a Sfr150m bond on Thursday, the largest ever 15 year offering from a triple-B corporate in the Swiss market.
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Rhätische Bahn entered the Swiss franc market on Monday for the first time ever with a Sfr200m ($207.6m) nine year and fifteen year dual tranche deal.
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Teva completed the final leg of the bond financing for its acquisition of Allergan's generic drugs business on Thursday, issuing a Sfr1bn ($1bn) triple tranche Swiss franc deal.
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Swiss franc bond bankers expressed concerns this week that the Swiss National Bank will not be able to halt the rising value of the franc in the face of political uncertainty resulting from the result of the UK's referendum on European Union membership.
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The Swiss bond market is due a readjustment after the UK’s vote to leave the European Union on Thursday, market players said.
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Swiss franc corporate bond issues from international borrowers have declined in the last month as foreign companies have taken advantage of more stable conditions in the euro and dollar markets, according to syndicate bankers in Switzerland.
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Swiss property investor Allreal Holding printed an eight year Swiss franc bond on Tuesday, in a transaction which bankers hope will revive corporate issuance in the currency.
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Gazprom printed its Sfr500m bond on Wednesday from a Sfr2bn book, one of the largest ever for an international issuer in the Swiss franc market.
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Gazprom has set the spread on its first post-sanctions Swiss franc bond, a short dated note that is offering plenty of juice to yield starved private bank investors, according to bankers.
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Russian gas company Gazprom is roadshowing a possible Swiss franc bond, which would be its first in the currency since the EU and US laid down sanctions on several Russian state-owned companies in 2014.
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Bell, the Swiss meat producer, returned to the Swiss franc bond market with a Sfr300m nine year note on Tuesday, its first issue in the currency since 2013.
