Tight pricing for China Minsheng $500m comeback

Addison Gong

April 28, 2017 10:00 am

china minsheng px230 — --FILE--View of a branch of China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. in Chongqing, China, 25 February 2011. China Minsheng Banking Corp., the nations first non-state lender, said it plans to raise as much as 29.4 billion yuan (US$4.5 billion) by selling shares and convertible bonds to boost its capital adequacy ratio. The bank will issue up to 20 billion yuan of convertible bonds in Shanghai and has canceled a plan to issue local-currency shares in a private placement, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Minsheng will also issue as many as 1.65 billion new H-shares in Hong Kong, the statement said. | Xiao chen cq/AP/Press Association Images

China Minsheng Banking Corp’s Hong Kong branch sealed a $500m three year fixed rate bond on Thursday — the only FIG issuer in Asia DCM on the day. Market participants reckon the spread was too tight when compared to the secondary levels of China’s big four banks.

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