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High Yield Issuers Return to Market after the Fed’s Statement (Part 2 of 6) (Continued from Part 1) Deal and flow analysis in the high yield bond markets
Issuance volume had slowed down in the previous week, as the US Federal Reserve was to announce its monetary policy stance. Following that announcement, issuers of junk bonds, or high yield debt, returned to the market in the week leading up to March 27. With a rate hike looming in 2015, issuers returned to raise debt at still-cheap rates. The SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) and the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) track high yield debt.
According to data from S&P Capital IQ/LCD, dollar-denominated bonds amounting to $7.3 billion were issued across 16 transactions in the week ended March 27. The issuance volume rose by 49.0% from the week ended March 20. Issuance was evenly spread across the week.
Last week brought the total US dollar issuance of high yield bonds to $90.1 billion in 2015 year-to-date. This is up 22% from the corresponding period of 2014. The number of transactions jumped from six to 16 week-over-week.
Refinancing deals surge
Refinancing remained the purpose of choice for the seventh successive week. Refinancing-related issues accounted for nine out of 16 transactions in the week. While six deals were for corporate purposes, one deal was for acquisition purposes.
Though the number of refinancing deals overshadowed the number of deals for corporate purposes, the largest deal of the week was for the latter. Ally Financial (ALLY) issued senior notes worth $1.25 billion last week.
The largest refinancing deal last week was by oil and gas company Whiting Petroleum (WLL), which issued senior notes worth $750 million.
Other notable deals came from Germany’s Schaeffler Group and from Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF).
We’ll analyze these deals and pricing trends in detail in the next part of this series.
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CLIFFS Natural Resources
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CODE : CLF |
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CLIFFS Natural Res est une société de production minière de fer basée aux Etats-Unis D'Amerique. CLIFFS Natural Res est productrice de fer, de charbon au Bresil, au Canada et en Australie, et détient divers projets d'exploration au Canada. Ses principaux projets en production sont WABUSH MINE, EMPIRE AND TILDEN MINES, HIBBING TACONITE, NORTHSHORE MINE, UNITED TACONITE, OAK GROVE MINE, GREEN RIDGE MINE et PINNACLE MINE au Canada, AUSTRALIAN IRON ORE et SONOMA en Australie et AMAPA au Bresil et ses principaux projets en exploration sont MT JACKSON J1 en Australie et DIAGNOS, WAWA, FREEWEST, MC FAULD'S LAKE, MACFADYEN, WAWA CLAIMS et BIG DADDY au Canada. CLIFFS Natural Res est cotée aux Etats-Unis D'Amerique, en Allemagne et en France. Sa capitalisation boursière aujourd'hui est 3,3 milliards US$ (3,0 milliards €). La valeur de son action a atteint son plus haut niveau récent le 16 mai 2008 à 99,17 US$, et son plus bas niveau récent le 15 janvier 2016 à 1,20 US$. CLIFFS Natural Res possède 297 400 968 actions en circulation. |