Bank of China prefs pull in whopping $21.8bn orders

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Bank of China prefs pull in whopping $21.8bn orders

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Bank of China’s inaugural additional tier one (AT1) smashed records on Wednesday as the $6.5bn deal became the largest bank capital bond in the global market. But a lack of transparency left $4bn of allocations unaccounted for and drew criticism from bankers on the deal, write Virginia Furness and Rev Hui.

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