Bank of China

Two companies from China’s Qingdao city are preparing to head offshore, just one week after a local government financing vehicle (LGFV) from the area bagged a $800m bond.

Beijing Capital (Hong Kong) is back in the loan market after a gap of more than one year for a HK$2bn ($256m) fundraising.

Chinese issuers are yet again dominating the supply in Asia ex-Japan debt markets, with four firms wooing dollar and euro bond investors on Tuesday.

The Russian loan market is moving towards more unsecured deals with Russian paper company Ilim signing the fourth unsecured deal this year, for $500m.

The surge in dollar bond issuance from Asia ex-Japan continued unabated at the tail end of last week, with three issuers selling $1.1bn of deals on Friday.

Centratama Telekomunikasi Indonesia has launched a triple-tranche $390m financing into general syndication through two mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

The Province of British Columbia (BC) completed its second Panda bond on Wednesday, raising Rmb1bn ($150.9m) from a three year deal. The issuer went ahead with the deal despite rising yields in China – pushing the coupon to the top half of the guidance range.

Yankuang Group Company has become the only issuer from Asia ex-Japan to venture into the dollar market on Thursday, a US holiday for Thanksgiving. But many other Chinese issuers are waiting in the wings, with a flurry of mandates announced.

Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) extended its curve with a 30 year dollar bond on Tuesday, part of a multi-tranche deal in which it raised a hefty $3.275bn in two currencies.

The year-end bond rush is upon us, with a number of issuers from China, India and South Korea mandating banks on Tuesday for their planned dollar bonds.

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) made seven changes to its list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) on Monday, lowering capital requirements for BNP Paribas and Credit Suisse and removing Groupe BPCE from the list entirely.

Chinese issuers are storming the debt market this week, with Tuesday seeing the Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim), Shanghai Commercial Bank and Oceanwide Holdings Co among the borrowers enticing investors.