CMB Leasing juggles price and size for bond

CMB Financial Leasing Co had to navigate hurdles around structure, timing and pricing for its dual-tranche bond outing this week, managing to bag $800m from a $2.7bn order book.
The borrower followed a structure typically used by the leasing arms of Chinese banks.
It issued the bonds through BBB+ rated CMB International Leasing Management, with A3/BBB+ rated CMB Financial Leasing providing a keepwell and asset purchase deed agreement. Chinese leasing companies often use a keepwell ...Already a subscriber? Login