European corporates find eager buyers in hyperactive bond market

A wall of liquidity among investors has helped to drive a busy start to the year for bond issuers, as they rush to capture tight spreads.

When will investors tire of European corporate bond issuance? Against the backdrop of another rampant start to the year, it is hard to find a banker prepared to place a bet on when demand will dry up. And for as long as it does not, supply will rush to meet it.

March 13 alone saw nearly €5 billion of issuance in Europe, most of which illustrated the theme of the year so far – investors seemingly chasing everything on offer, no matter that spreads are at historically tight levels, for fear of missing out ahead of an expected change in the rate environment later this year.

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