CREDIT DAYBOOK AMERICAS: 3M Healthcare Unit Eyes High-Grade Deal

Feb. 23, 2024, 12:30 PM UTC

3M’s healthcare unit Solventum may tap the investment-grade market in a rare Friday deal after AbbVie priced $15 billion on Thursday, setting up a potential $60 billion week. Elsewhere, hundreds of billions of dollars of cash sitting in money market funds could wash into credit over the next year, according to strategists.

  • Average high-grade bond spreads tightened one basis point to 89, the tightest since November 2021
  • After two days of investor outreach, Solventum is contemplating a deal in the context of $7 billion with proceeds earmarked to fund a payment to 3M, writes Bloomberg’s Brian Smith
    • Banks including Goldman ...



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