ANZ

New issue momentum in Asia’s debt market continues to be strong with Powerlong Real Estate Holdings and China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) collecting bids on Wednesday, as Sinochem International Corp prepares to hit the road.

A special purpose vehicle under India’s Greenko Energy Holdings is ready to market a dollar green bond, while Hong Kong’s Castle Peak Power Company is looking to sell what it is calling an energy transition bond.

India’s Rural Electrification Corp found investors more interested in its government links than its bond’s green label when it debuted in the offshore market on Thursday with a $450m deal.

Modern Land (China) Co grabbed $130m from its green bond on Thursday, but the pricing of the notes did not move throughout bookbuilding as investors were less than impressed with the high yield credit.

Chinese property developer Modern Land (China) Co is making a comeback to the international green bond market, opening books for a short-term trade on Thursday morning.

Melco Resorts Finance added $350m to its existing 2025 bonds on Tuesday, managing to capture the interest of some Asian investors that had previously shunned the credit.

China Huarong International Holdings has approached lenders for a $800m short-term fundraising, making it the third unit of parent China Huarong Asset Management Co to access liquidity in the syndicated loan market this year.

China’s Baidu is readying a dual-tranche dollar bond offering, mandating banks for the deal, while Melco Resorts Finance opened a tap of its May notes on Tuesday.

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India’s Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has mandated banks for a green dollar bond, a first for the company.

Chinese resource-based energy company Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) pulled what could have been its debut international bond on Tuesday — the second borrower to cancel a deal recently — as heavy high yield supply as a result of two potentially huge exchange offers, as well as the underperformance of recent paper, weighed on investors’ minds.

ANZ has hired Sonny Lin as the new head of markets for Taiwan, poaching him from Standard Chartered.