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Spanish property company Colonial is planning to refinance €1.04bn of bank debt with a bond issue.
Once the country's second-biggest property company, Colonial ran into severe trouble when Spain's property market crashed in 2008. A restructuring last year finally righted balance sheet with a new €1.04bn syndicated loan and a €1.26bn share issue. The bond issue, which Standard & Poor's has given a preliminary rating of BBB, will repay the syndicated loan. which carries a spread of 400 basis points over Euribor and matured in December 2018.
Wheatley Group, Scotland’s largest housing, care and regeneration organisation, has tapped the capital markets for £250m, in what is the first time a Scottish housing association has raised finance through the issue of a public bond on the capital markets, writes Real Estate Capital's sister magazine Private Debt Investor.
Hammerson has issued a €500m fixed-rate public bond with the lowest ever coupon by a UK property company, at 2%. Priced at 90 basis points over the mid swap rate, the eight-year bond was more than five times oversubscribed. Hammersmith’s chief financial officer, Timon Drakesmith, said: “Market conditions for new debt offerings are favourable at […]
Helical Bar is the latest of a string of property companies to raise capital by issuing convertible bonds at a high premium to share price and NAV. The listed developer and investor run by Mike Slade yesterday raised a total £100m, exceeding its target by £15m. “Issuing a convertible of £100m or below can be a […]