Bank of America
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China Merchants Bank (CMB) Hong Kong branch will be meeting investors next week for a proposed debut dollar bond after setting up a new $5bn EMTN programme this week. -
Wells Fargo continued the slew of big ticket issuance from financial names with a $4.5bn deal that pushed its total dollar funding in the past six weeks beyond $8bn.
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French insurer CNP Assurances highlighted the scale of demand for sub debt from insurance companies on Tuesday, drawing a monster order book for its first deal in almost a year.
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The leveraged loan market has hosted some atypically big M&A deals over the last few months, including most recently €7.5bn for DE Master Blenders. But these attention-grabbing deals cannot hide the continued paucity of deals in the mid-market.
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Mexican commercial lender Banco Inbursa is likely to price a new 10 year benchmark senior unsecured bond on Thursday after releasing initial price thoughts offering around 25bp pick-up to its larger competitors BBVA Bancomer (A2/A-) and Santander Mexico (A3/BBB+/BBB+).
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US asset management firm Waddell & Reed raised HK$10.7bn ($1.4bn) on May 27 by selling its entire stake in Sands China in what was the largest Asian block trade outside China and Japan this year.
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AS Watson, the retail and manufacturing arm of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, signed its HK$15bn ($1.93bn) loan on May 22 with a total of 22 banks, with lenders putting in their commitments in either Hong Kong dollars or euros.
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US Treasuries rallied even further this week, leaving many market participants scratching their heads – but corporate borrowers did not waste the opportunity.
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US asset management firm Waddell & Reed raised HK$10.7bn ($1.4bn) on May 27 by selling its entire stake in Sands China in what was the largest Asian block trade outside of China and Japan this year.
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French insurer CNP Assurances highlighted the scale of demand for sub debt from insurance companies on Tuesday, drawing a monster order book for its first deal in almost a year.
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AS Watson, the retail and manufacturing arm of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, signed its HK$15bn ($1.93bn) loan on May 22 with a total of 22 banks, with lenders putting in their commitments in either Hong Kong dollars or euros.
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Vitol’s self-arranged $2.05bn loan to fund the acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell’s Australian business has wrapped up with commitments from 18 lenders.
