UniCredit
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The Republic of Austria picked banks to lead a new 20 year euro benchmark on Wednesday, while the European Stability Mechanism surprised some market participants by sounding out banks for a deal next week, which could clash with the EU’s grand arrival as a supersized issuer. -
UniCredit has picked Pier Carlo Padoan as chairman designate.
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Crossover credit Inwit showed that the return of risk demand is still going strong this week, with the Italian wireless infrastructure company drumming up €3.7bn of demand for its trade.
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A pair of European banks approached the euro senior market in different ways on Tuesday: Iccrea targeted a smaller pool of investors with its delayed callable debut, while BFCM went big with a blowout long 10 year.
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Argenta Spaarbank, Belfius Bank and Jyske Bank took differing approaches to sell €500m no-grow senior bonds this week — Argenta offered a substantial new issue premium, while the latter pair pushed their pricing close to fair value.
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KfW could be set to hit screens with a euro benchmark next week in what may be its final public deal in the currency this year, according to bankers. The bond is likely to come with a seven year maturity, a tenor that the Free State of Saxony struggled with on Thursday, finishing with the book only around half covered.
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A pair of infrequent issuers, Belfius Bank and Jyske Bank, tapped a strong market on Thursday with a pair of senior deals. The conducive environment is expected to wane as banks enter blackout periods, and prospective deals will have to vie with volatility around the US presidential election.
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Private equity firms Bain Capital, Advent International and Clessidra have completed a huge sell-down of stock in Nexi, days after the Italian payments company unveiled plans for a €4.6bn merger with Sia, a close rival.
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German electricity transmission firm Amprion launched Schuldschein and Namensschuldverschreibungen (NSV) notes on Wednesday, becoming the first borrower to launch a deal into the market this month. Bankers are gearing up for a busy fourth quarter.
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Eni, the Italian oil and gas company, got blowout demand for its debut hybrid capital issue on Tuesday, as yield-hungry investors pumped about €14bn of orders into the dual tranche trade.
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A trio of firsts are coming to the high grade corporate bond market this week, with a debut hybrid from Italian oil and gas firm Eni, a green first for French chemicals company Arkema and a postponed entry to the Eurobond market for Danish pharmaceutical firm Lundbeck.
