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• BMW scores tightly priced auto ABS, drives through virus outbreak

  

  BMW Automotive Finance’s Rmb8bn ($1.14bn) dual-tranche return to the Chinese auto ABS market this week was a success. The tight pricing is expected to allow other issuers to also lower their coupons, said bankers on the deal.

  • 21 Feb 2020

• BMW prepares first auto loan ABS of 2020

  

  BMW Automotive Finance is readying a Rmb8bn ($1.15bn) dual-tranche auto loan ABS transaction. The deal, to be sold on February 20, will be the first auto ABS outing in the Chinese market since the Lunar New Year.

  • 14 Feb 2020

• Pandemic bond slips as coronavirus spreads

  

  The value of the riskier tranche of the World Bank’s pandemic bond has been discounted — but not by very much — as the coronavirus outbreak infects more people outside of China and therefore comes closer to triggering a payout from the notes.

  • 10 Feb 2020

• Pandemic bond to pay World Bank if coronavirus advances

  

  As financial markets fretted over the spread of a coronavirus outbreak in China this week, one security was in the firing line more directly than any other. Holders of the World Bank’s pandemic bond will lose principal if the disease spreads by a sufficient amount, writes Jasper Cox.

  • 30 Jan 2020

• Asian green bonds build on 2019 momentum

  

  Green bond volumes reached a record level in 2019 and market participants think the sector is poised for another blow-out year. Korea South-East Power Co (Kosep) and ReNew Power Private gave a further boost to Asia’s growing green bond market this week, selling $750m of notes between them. Morgan Davis reports.

  • 23 Jan 2020

• The power of making a fuss

  

  As head of BlackRock, the largest asset manager, Larry Fink’s pivot to responsible investing in recent years has been influential.

  • 16 Jan 2020

• World Bank’s cat bonds a win for all, says analyst

  

  Catastrophe bonds issued by the World Bank have been positive for both investors and the countries receiving protection from the securities, according to one market veteran. The organisation’s activity in insurance-linked securities has been highly innovative but has also received criticism from some quarters.

  • 09 Jan 2020

• Toyota opens gate for new China auto ABS issuance

  

  Toyota Motor Finance (China), a Beijing-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp, returned to the Mainland's auto loan ABS market on Tuesday after a two year break. The Rmb4.5bn ($648m) deal was tightly priced.

  • 08 Jan 2020

• Chinese Christmas present for Aldesa bondholders

  

  Struggling Spanish construction group Aldesa saw a Christmas bounce in its Caa1-rated bonds, following a December 25 takeover deal and capital injection from China Railway Construction Corporation.

  • 03 Jan 2020

• GlobalCapital China 2019 awards winners: Part II

  

  In the second part of GlobalCapital China’s awards announcement, we reveal the winning banks across Panda bonds, G3 bonds and ABS, as well as the best bank for securities services and the most impressive law firm.

  • 19 Dec 2019

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