Rabobank
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Marel, the Icelandic meat processing machinery company, has secured cornerstone orders from BlackRock and Credit Suisse Asset Management for its €350m IPO on Euronext Amsterdam. -
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Nederlandse Waterschapsbank has inaugurated its updated social housing bond framework with a €1bn SRI issue. The new framework includes an environmental aspect alongside pre-existing social elements.
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Vesteda, the Dutch housing company, proved there was plenty of hunger for green bonds on Thursday, when its first issue of the kind, a €500m no-grow eight year, hoovered up orders to finish six times oversubscribed.
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The Dutch government is preparing to issue its first green bond next week, and has introduced a new feature to the market: investors can register as accredited green bond investors to receive preferential allocations.
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Dutch firm Mercon Coffee Group has signed a $450m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility. The lead bank claimed the deal was the first of a kind.
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The strength of corporate bond demand, after falls in stockmarkets engendered by the US's hardened stance on trade talks with China, will be tested in the US on Wednesday by a $20bn issue for IBM. In Europe, the test could come on Thursday, since a handful of issuers finished roadshows on Wednesday.
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Rabobank sold a 12 year non-preferred senior bond in euros on Monday, the longest dated offering that any bank has tried in a senior format so far this year.
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German defence firm Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has signed a €350m loan, joining Port of Rotterdam and FEV Group in the market for similar sized deals amid a wave of mid-market activity in Europe.
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Corporate bond investors in Europe are showing a bit more willingness this week to say no to ultra-tight pricing, but not in sufficient numbers to prevent issuers getting what they want.
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The Port of Rotterdam has signed a €300m sustainability-linked bank facility, as loans bankers say they have seen an influx of mid-market deals for around that amount in recent weeks.
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