High Yield Bond Issuance Hits 7-Month High Of $39B

The U.S. high yield bond market continued to roll in April, posting $38.8 billion in issuance, the most in a month since the record $47.6 billion in September 2013. So far in 2014 there has been $113.8 billion in issuance, slightly behind the $115.3 billion seen during the first four months of 2013. There was a near-record $322.3 million in high yield issuance during all of 2013. To be sure, the junk bond market remains hot. In April, for instance, Numericable completed the largest cross-border high yield deal ever, a $10.86 billion offering backing the company’s purchase of SFR from Vivendia (debt financing, too).  As well, Numericable entails the second-largest U.S. offering ever, and includes the third-largest single tranche ever, at $4 billion/eight years. Numericable’s heft is evident in the junk bond deal count. During April there were 55 offerings in the U.S., compared to 70 in March, when there was $33.7 billion in issuance. Pakistan Market Subscribe Free Foreign Market News
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