" Banks were pitching Citrix bonds at a discounted price of 83.561 cents on the dollar, which would lift the yield on the debt to 10 per cent, far above the “high” 8 per cent range that was marketed earlier this month, said people with knowledge of the deal."
“This Citrix deal has shown [banks] can’t just bring any deal to market,” said Andrew Forsyth, a senior portfolio manager at Barksdale Investment Management. “And the market hasn’t been tested because the supply has been so light. We’ve wondered at what point . . . it becomes a concern.