Lack of mandate flexibility limits Deutsche Bahn’s domestic appeal
- Monday, 25 September 2017
Issuer and investors say pricing on Deutsche Bahn’s debut Kangaroo deal worked for both sides. However, final book size may have been somewhat tempered by the fact that Deutsche Bahn falls into a mandate gap for some of Australia’s largest institutional accounts.
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