Best corporate borrower: Bayer

Bayer is one of the biggest and best-known European corporates – anything it does makes a splash. It excels in its use of innovative methods to finance acquisitions while protecting its credit profile.

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Bayer: building its business through clever use of debt markets

Corporate capital market activity has changed dramatically since the glory days of the European debt market at around the turn of the century. Then corporates piled on debt with vigour to finance M&A, but then came the downturn in credit and ever since investors and borrowers have been more careful. Bayer might have been highly acquisitive of late but it generally pursues a prudent debt management strategy aimed at ensuring flexibility.

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