Convertible makes for $5 billion party

Headline: Convertible makes for $5 billion partySource: EuromoneyDate: February 2001Author: Antony Currie Issuer: Tyco Amount: $3.45 billionBookrunner: Merrill Lynch f anyone is wondering just how Merrill Lynch managed to outperform its peers in investment banking in the last three months of 2000, then a quick look at the activities of the firm’s convertibles department on […]

Headline: Convertible makes for $5 billion party
Source: Euromoney
Date: February 2001
Author: Antony Currie

Issuer: Tyco Amount: $3.45 billionBookrunner: Merrill Lynch

f anyone is wondering just how Merrill Lynch managed to outperform its peers in investment banking in the last three months of 2000, then a quick look at the activities of the firm’s convertibles department on November 14 might shed some light.

The quarter was a good one for convertibles in general, but on that day Merrill priced 10% of the year’s entire supply.








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