The Netherlands
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SSAs enjoyed a fine week in the sterling market, raising a total of nearly £2bn as bankers pointed to several factors that could be driving demand. -
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten fell victim to a volatile Bund curve and crowded pipeline, falling short of its hopes with its first deal of the year.
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Compagnie de Finacement Foncier (CFF) was unable to attract a swell of demand for its 10 year, possibly due to the tight starting spread. In contrast, yield hungry investors flocked to ABN Amro’s mega-sized 15 year offering.
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Europe's largest property company Unibail-Rodamco announced an agreed offer of $15.7bn for the equity of Westfield Corp, the Australian shopping centre operator, on Tuesday. The deal, which valued the enterprise at $24.7bn, was the second retail property consolidation in a week as the sector comes under the M&A spotlight, writes Nigel Owen.
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Global Telecom, a telecommunications company founded in Egypt and headquartered in the Netherlands, has extended a $200m loan by six months.
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A number of bond traders will do well to remember the last time the Eurodollar market was deemed to be hot. But with four deals in in as many weeks, traders under 30 are having to learn about this market again. This week it was the turn of Toyota to rejoin a market it once frequently used.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten on Tuesday printed “another great example” of what bankers said were the “tangible price benefits” of selling SRI bonds. The trade came in the same week that France tapped its famous green OAT — or GrOAT — via auction.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten on Tuesday printed “another great example” of what bankers say are the “tangible price benefits” of selling SRI bonds.
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Hong Kong-based infrastructure company CK Infrastructure sold its first euro corporate bond issue on Tuesday, despite having owned a variety of utilities and infrastructure companies across Europe for more than seven years. The response was solid if not overwhelming.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has opted for dollars with what will be its final sustainability bond of the year.
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Europe's IPO market may be winding down, with only small, niche deals still being announced, but block trades are popping. This is likely to lead to a nail-biting finish in the league table race.
