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The euphoria that infused Europe's corporate bond market from Tuesday to Thursday has cooled somewhat, although investors are still open for business. Bankers had said on Thursday that Friday would bring an interesting crop of deals, but there is only one, for paper company Mondi, rated Baa1/BBB+. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The frenzy of investment grade corporate bond issuance in Europe intensified on Thursday, when eight companies came to market, issuing a total of €6.6bn of paper in euros. That brought the total for the first four days of this week to over €20bn. Despite the heavy supply, issuers have found sufficient demand to support their notes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Green securitizations are figuring into the European Commission's plan to make private finance for climate-friendly investments more popular in Europe, according to a paper published by the EC's Directorate-General for Climate Action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If the tension in the European corporate bond market is often about how much paper can issuers persuade investors to take, this August the pull is the other way. Investors are thirsty, and issuers are withholding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A lacklustre earnings season and competition from other markets could see spreads bounce wider [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prices in Europe's secondary loan market have fallen to their lowest levels for two months, though investment grade loans bankers say recent sales have gone through at a "decent price". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European Central Bank's loose monetary policy was supposed to ease financing terms for smaller and riskier companies. The high yield bond market's appetite for such issues has been limited -- but it is hotting up, just as the ECB signals tightening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European high yield market may not be as bleak for issuance volumes as previously thought following a stellar start to the year, according to a variety of market participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corporate hybrid capital bonds have been a big beneficiary of this year's credit bull run in Europe, powered by quantitative easing, writes Richard Metcalf. But they have not lost their power to cause controversy and upsets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chinese high grade corporate euro-denominated bond spreads have moved sharply wider in the last few weeks, but analysts reckon there is little chance of contagion weighing on Europe's mainstream investment grade corporate bond market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BMW set Europe's investment grade corporate bond market off to a flying start for the year on Monday, printing €1.5bn of debt at or inside fair value. A range of borrowers are said to be lining up trades in the German vehicle maker's slipstream. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BMW set Europe's investment grade corporate bond market off to a flying start for the year on Monday, printing €1.5bn of debt at or inside fair value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This week's intense spate of corporate bond issuance in Europe continued into Friday, though at a slightly more moderate pace, and the broadening of access continued, with the first sub-benchmark deal, for Red Electrica, the Spanish power grid - however, a Leaseplan green bond did not fly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European elections, which produced relief in much of Europe and some horror in the UK, have not fazed corporate bond markets. But they may have caused this week's dearth of issuance. Illinois Tool Works' three trancher on Wednesday may be the only fruit. But investors' diaries are filling up with roadshow dates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corporate bond investors have much to consider. The end of an unprecedented era of quantitative easing in Europe and unpredictable political machinations are adding to the complexities of portfolio management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The summer break in European corporate bond markets has shortened in recent years to as little as two weeks in August, but investors know that the dollar market is always an option. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Banks unleashed a blizzard of floating rate bond issuance on the euro market this week, tapping into some pent-up demand from investors. But the return of the long-neglected and more defensive FRN format suggests that issuers feel as though they could be on shakier ground in the primary market this year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Belfius tapped into the hefty imbalance between supply and demand in the market for additional tier one (AT1) bonds on Thursday, ratcheting down the pricing to achieve the second lowest coupon for the instrument ever in euros. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some banks in Europe's syndicated loan market are worried that investment grade companies are successfully pushing for looser terms and conditions on their loans, though others deny there is a problem as the market prepares for 2018's first big round of refinancings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents information on a decline in the corporate bond market in Europe in the first week of October 2016 due to negative rates that discourage issuers from pre-funding. It discusses the impact of the postponement of the decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board on interest rates, the widening on pricing levels and concerns of investors after the European Central Bank did not provide stimulus at its monetary policy meeting in September 2016.

This article presents information on a slowdown in the number of European investment grade corporate bond issuance ahead of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee meeting. It presents forecasts on issuance in the corporate bond market and discusses the hesitation of issuers to launch euro bonds since June 2016.

The extraordinary levels of activity in Europe's investment grade corporate bonds hit new heights this week, as issuers burst out of earnings blackout periods and printed bonds at pace hurrying to avoid a potentially difficult June. Ross Lancaster reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BMW dominated corporate bond issuance in Europe on Thursday, with an unusually large €2.5bn transaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]