MidAmerican Energy, Kroger, Amphenol, Metropolitan Edison tap market; Westpac prices

By Cristal Cody

Tupelo, Miss., Jan. 7 – Investment-grade issuers priced $3.7 billion of corporate bonds on Monday.

MidAmerican Energy Co. led deal volume with a $1.5 billion two-part offering of green first mortgage bonds.

Kroger Co. came with $1.2 billion of senior notes in two tranches.

Amphenol Corp. priced $500 million of 10-year senior notes.

Metropolitan Edison Co. sold $500 million of 10-year senior notes.

In addition, in sovereign, supranational and agency issuance on Monday, Westpac Banking Corp. priced $2 billion of five-year notes.

Coming up on Tuesday, BNG Bank NV plans to bring a benchmark-sized Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of two-year notes to the primary market.

About $25 billion to $30 billion of investment-grade issuance, dependent on market tone, is expected by syndicate sources for the first full week of 2019.

About 30 issuers remain in the deal pipeline, one source said.

High-grade issuers priced more than $11 billion of bonds in the first week of 2019, sources report.

“With recent market volatility this is the weakest start to the year since at least 2006,” according to a BofA Merrill Lynch research note released on Monday.

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