Scotiabank
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Issuers stormed out of the blocks with a set of deals across the curve this week, with factors including an increase in swap spreads on the short end, a positive feeling towards the US market since Janet Yellen’s statements in March and the start of the Japanese fiscal year all credited. -
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten, FMO, Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Province of Quebec all hit screens on Monday for forthcoming dollar deals, with bankers remarking that the SSA market could be set for another hectic week.
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US cash machine maker Diebold, which is acquiring German peer Wincor Nixdorf, has increased the size of its euro and dollar loans and tightened their spreads, amid an improving investor mood in the leveraged loan market.
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Unédic and the European Stability Mechanism are set to price euro deals this week, taking advantage of a window before the start of the Easter holidays later this week.
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Diebold, the US cash machine (ATM) manufacturer, had bank meetings this week for its $1.3bn term loan ‘B’, backing its $1.8bn acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf.
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Georgia Power has become the second investment grade US utility — and the second Southern Company subsidiary — to issue a green bond, as its peers assess the instrument’s potential.
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Belgian telecommunications company Telenet, which is owned by Liberty Global, has drawn on €1.2bn of loans to fund the €1.325bn acquisition of Belgian mobile operator, BASE.
