Australia
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Westfield Corp, the Australian operator of shopping centres in the UK, Europe and US, made a dual tranche debut in sterling on Thursday.
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Citic CLSA Securities is expanding its capital markets footprint down under, hiring Michael Vercoe as its first head of ECM for Australia and New Zealand.
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Qantas Airways is holding roadshows in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei for its latest fundraising, a two tranche revolver that refinances a A$1.13bn ($849m) loan raised a few years ago.
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Goldman Sachs has given additional client coverage responsibilities to its Australia and New Zealand co-heads of investment banking services (IBS) Joe Fayyad and Zac Fletcher, according to two memos on Tuesday seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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National Australia Bank (NAB) opened books on its first green bond in euros on Tuesday, timing the new issue to coincide with a strong performance Australian senior bank debt.
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The spate of Reverse Yankee will grow on Friday with Avery Dennison Corporation expected with an eight year euro transaction.
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National Australia Bank (NAB) was talking to investors to determine the right maturity for its debut euro green bond this week, as the bank looked to build on Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken’s recent success in the format.
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GlobalCapital Asia and Asiamoney are pleased to announce the results of our annual awards, recognising the best banks and transactions in Australia. Our thanks to everybody who took time to pitch.
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Investec Australia Property Fund, the Johannesburg-listed real estate investment trust focused on commercial property in Australia and New Zealand, set terms for its partially underwritten R1.5bn ($111m) rights issue on Tuesday. Investors marked the shares up 2.3% on the day.
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ANZ has made a new hire to its loan syndications team in Australia. The move comes close on the heels of high level changes in the department.
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Queensland Treasury Corp ran a prototype bond auction on Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s blockchain platform, the bank said on Tuesday. QTC generated a bond tender, viewed investor bids in real time, finalised investment allocation and settled the dummy issue instantly — although it was on both sides of the deal, as sole issuer and investor.