ANZ

ANZ has promoted veteran banker Farhan Faruqui as its new chief financial officer.

A pair of banks moved the bar downwards as they printed two of the tightest Australian dollar deals since the 2008 financial crisis: ING Australia found demand for dual tranche covered bond, while United Overseas Bank tapped the three year point of the curve.

Louis Dreyfus Co Asia has become the latest commodities company to tap the debt market, seeking a $450m sustainability-linked loan that is being widely syndicated.

ICBC Financial Leasing Co sold a $1.25bn three tranche deal on Monday that was well supported by Chinese banks.

The Asian Development Bank began preparing issuance in both the Kangaroo and Kauri markets on Monday, with the latter set to mark its second gender bond in New Zealand dollars.

ANZ New Zealand is preparing to issue a tier two bond, marking its first foray into the format.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced on Wednesday that its quantitative easing programme will come to a surprisingly sudden stop on July 23.

CLP Power Hong Kong's latest $300m bond offered a rare bit of stability in a volatile market, making the well-established borrower popular with investors — but only for the right price.

State-owned Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) is in the market for a $790m loan, its largest offshore facility yet.

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co has managed to slice the margin and fees on a $500m comeback to the loan market.

Banco Santander is out in the Australian dollar market with its debut Kangaroo bond, and with constructive conditions on offer, further supply could follow.

Santander is preparing to make use of some attractive Australian dollar bond market conditions to sell the first bond from its new Kangaroo programme.