ANZ

The World Bank raised NZ$550m ($369.9m) with a rare seven-year New Zealand dollar bond, breaking the record for the largest Kauri bond at that maturity or longer.

The World Bank hit screens on Monday with a new seven year New Zealand dollar bond; the first at that tenor from a foreign issuer in almost 18 months.

AIA Group has issued a $1.75bn subordinated bond, which will be the first to qualify as tier two capital under a new regulatory framework in the works in Hong Kong. Alice Huang reports.

NewOcean Energy Holdings is seeking consent from banks to postpone a principal payment on a $150m loan signed in 2016.

Carl Roberts, head of loan syndication for south and southeast Asia at ANZ, is retiring after nine years with the Australian bank.

A $600m loan to support Baring Private Equity Asia’s take-private of Indian software firm Hexaware Technologies has been launched into general syndication, with three banks joining at the top level.

International Finance Corp sold the first Kauri bond in more than two months on Thursday, while in the Kangaroo market a pair of European agencies tapped a pocket of demand further down the curve.

Australia and New Zealand broke bond syndication records yet again this week, as Australia printed its largest ever deal while New Zealand scooped its largest ever order book with a seven year tap.

New Zealand began marketing a tap of its outstanding April 2027 bond on Monday as sovereigns get moving for a busy period of syndications. Finland could follow up with the first post-summer pubic sovereign bond in a core currency later this week.

Deutsche hires for top job in Vietnam – ANZ names two MDs – Citi Korea CEO to retire

ICBC Financial Leasing Co chose price over size for its first outing to the dollar bond market this year, but still managed to raise a larger-than-expected $900m.

ANZ has named two of its veteran bankers to senior positions helming institutional and transaction banking for Australia.