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Published on 9/27/2017 in the Prospect News Emerging Markets Daily, Prospect News High Yield Daily, Prospect News Preferred Stock Daily and Prospect News Private Placement Daily.

EQT, Credit Agricole, London Branch bring corporate supply; KfW, Finnvera price new notes

By Cristal Cody

Tupelo, Miss., Sept. 27 – High-grade corporate and SSA issuers tapped the primary market on Wednesday.

In corporate supply, EQT Corp. led deal action with a $3 billion four-tranche offering of notes.

EQT priced $500 million of three-year floating-rate notes at par to yield Libor plus 77 bps; $500 million of 2.5% three-year fixed-rate senior notes at 99.992 to yield 2.503%; $750 million of 3% five-year senior notes at 99.738 to yield 3.057%; and $1.25 billion of 3.9% 10-year notes at 99.918 to yield 3.91%.

Credit Agricole SA, London Branch also came with $1.5 billion of seven-year notes.

Credit Agricole priced the notes on the tight side of guidance in the Treasuries plus 120 bps area.

In other supply, KfW priced a $1 billion offering of five-year global green bonds. KfW priced the 2% five-year global green bonds on Wednesday at 99.684, according to a market source and an FWP filing with the SEC.

Finnvera plc sold $1 billion of three-year notes. Finnvera (Aa1/AA+/) priced the 1.875% three-year notes at mid-swaps plus 6 bps, or a spread of Treasuries plus 29.7 bps.

The Markit CDX North American Investment Grade 29 index tightened more than 1 basis point to a spread of 57.4 bps during the session.


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