Asia Pacific
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Citigroup went back to Singapore this week, but this time it wasn’t in search of an equity investment from the city’s sovereign wealth funds — it was to get cheap funding in an alternative market. The bank self-placed a five year deal on Wednesday, raising S$590m ($427m).
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Citigroup is to sell its first Samurai bond for 12 months in a retail-targeted deal that is also the biggest Samurai issue of the year.
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Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation, a fully owned subsidiary of the Hong Kong government, launched its debut Australian dollar retail bond offering on Wednesday.
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Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency (Jehdra) cancelled its benchmark Euroyen bond yesterday (Thursday), blaming volatility in the underlying currencies for its
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National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, the Korean state-owned lender, was marketing its debut ringgit bond this week as Malaysia’s domestic market continued to attract attention despite challenging conditions in the international markets.
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The National Bank of Abu Dhabi became the latest international name to be linked with a ringgit bond this week, with news that it was considering a conventional and Islamic note issue.
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CHINA Development Bank said it had postponed a Rmb20bn ($2.9bn) five year bond sale following last week’s devastating earthquake in Sichuan province.