Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Investors saw plenty of juice in first public AT1 from Chile as regulatory framework draws praise
Mexican lender falls short of bond size target as late 2023 momentum fades
◆ US RMBS sales in Europe: immigration or vacation? ◆ UBS AT1 makes nonsense of claims of investor fears ◆ The EU's last hurrah in the SSA market
◆ IG investors comfort eat sweet spreads ◆ What can FIG issuers do now? ◆ US HEI securitizations: mainstream or flash in pan?
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
Bank of Communications managed to pull off a super-aggressive trade this week, pricing its $2.45bn additional tier one (AT1) offering in line with its larger peers Bank of China (BoC) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). The key to that impressive feat was taking advantage of an investor base that had been starved of bank capital paper as well as higher yielding products, writes Rev Hui.
-
Bank of Communications (BoCom) opened books on July 22 to what is the first additional tier one (AT1) transaction out of China this year, selling a dollar-denominated preference share offering. Similar to its predecessors Bank of China (BoC) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), BoCom already has plenty of clarity on the book ahead of launch in spite of some aggressive price guidance.
-
Two peripheral bank trades on Tuesday offered further proof that the FIG market is once again in rude health. Ibercaja Banco opened books on its long awaited tier two and Banco Popolare opted for a senior five year.
-
Austrian insurer Uniqa Group has launched a €500m subordinated note, its first appearance in the market since 2013.
-
Primary deals are once again flowing in Asia ex-Japan amid a gradual untangling of the Greek debt crisis and an improving Chinese equities market. But even with the worst apparently behind them, market participants in the region are predicting issuance to be stop-start and dominated by investment grade credits as they prepare for the second half of the year, writes Rev Hui.
-
The return of one of China’s big four banks next week has put the market in a state of eager anticipation, with Bank of Communications (BoCom) set to go on the road for an additional tier one (AT1) preference share offering that could be as large as $2.46bn.