Zürcher Kantonalbank top stories

• Raiffeisen prints Swissie bail-in bond

  

  Raiffeisen Schweiz brought a rare Swiss bail-inable bond to the market on Thursday, issuing Sfr325m ($358.3m) across two tranches to help replenish its capital structure.

  • 22 Oct 2020

• Asset managers drive corporate Swissie demand

  Givaudan and Nant de Drance attracted big order books this week, driven by demand from asset managers, allowing both to price Swiss franc bonds through fair value.

  • 15 Oct 2020

• Raiffeisen surprises with Swissie AT1

  Raiffeisen Schweiz surpassed expectations with a self-led additional tier one (AT1) deal on Wednesday, printing Sfr525m ($572.4m) after finding strong international demand.

  • 08 Oct 2020

• Syngenta reaps blowout Swissie deal

  Syngenta, the agricultural chemical and seed company, returned to the Swiss franc market this week for its second Swissie bond of the year — a blowout three year deal that surpassed the market’s expectations.

  • 01 Oct 2020

• AFC Swiss franc green debut expected next week

  Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the pan-African development finance institution, has held investor calls ahead of its first green bond issue that Swiss franc bankers expect to launch next week.

  • 17 Sep 2020

• Swisscom raises Sfr100m via bank-free platform

  Swisscom raised Sfr100m ($110m) on Thursday with an 11 year bond sold without the involvement of an intermediary bank. The company worked with Swiss fintech company Valyo to issue the bond through its platform that directly connects issuers and investors.

  • 10 Sep 2020

• Chocolatier Lindt prints Swiss franc collector’s item

  Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli sold the week’s tastiest Swiss franc deal when it returned to the market on Tuesday to refinance an upcoming Sfr500m ($549.8m) redemption.

  • 03 Sep 2020

• Crédit Agricole debuts new local Swiss covered bond structure

  Crédit Agricole’s Swiss subsidiary sold its first structured covered bond in Swiss francs on Wednesday. The bond was issued under a new programme that differentiates it from covered bonds issued by its parent bank under French law in the Swiss market.

  • 27 Aug 2020

• CDC plots Swissie return in second half of 2020

  Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) is planning to return to the Swiss franc bond market in the latter half of 2020 after an 18-month absence to refinance an upcoming redemption. Elsewhere, the Canton of Geneva returned to the market for the third time this month as it marches towards a record year on the capital markets.

  • 16 Jul 2020

• Hyundai parks green Swiss franc deal

  Hyundai pulled into the Swiss franc bond market this week with a three-year green deal that was priced with a substantial new issue premium (NIP). Elsewhere, nuclear energy provider AKEB sold one of the highest yielding bonds of recent weeks.

  • 18 Jun 2020