Banks

Investors have been keen to lock in the money they made in the FIG bond market this year, rather than add new risk. This week, Rabobank added a green element to its latest bond in an attempt to encourage investors out of their shelters.

Russian consumer finance bank Home Credit & Finance Bank has hit the road to market a rare AT1 in a deal that could be a test of emerging markets investors’ risk appetite for less vanilla deals.

Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp raised $400m this week, after bringing fixed-for-life perpetuals back to the Asian bond market.

The Republic of Indonesia raised more than $2bn from a dual-currency bond sale on Wednesday, taking some of the market by surprise with its opportunistic move.

India’s non-banking financial companies have been under fire for the past year, after the collapse of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) in 2018 spooked investors and dragged down the sector. But Muthoot Finance, a gold financier, proved this week that some capital-starved NBFCs can still find an audience in the international bond market. Morgan Davis reports.

Huawei Technologies Co, a centrepiece in the ongoing US-China trade war, bagged Rmb3bn ($425m) from its first-ever onshore bond on Wednesday. Although the issuance opens up a new and cheap funding channel for the company, it will have to return to the dollar bond market to refinance its outstanding bond soon, bankers said.

Warehouse construction firm and lessor ESR Cayman relaunched a bigger Hong Kong IPO this week, four months after pulling its first listing attempt because of volatility. But a revamped syndicate team and positive momentum in the local IPO market have given the new deal some impetus, writes Jonathan Breen.

Vietnamese companies are increasingly turning to the offshore loan market, providing bankers with relief amid a wider slowdown in Asia. Pan Yue reports.

The University of Nottingham is looking to sell US private placements, according to market sources, becoming the third UK university to enter the private debt market this year.

CLP Power Hong Kong came to the dollar debt market after a four-year hiatus, pricing a $500m subordinated perpetual deal that was sought after in the primary and secondary markets ahead of an old bond’s first call date.

Chinese state-owned commodity chemicals producer Shanghai Huayi (Group) Co has sold an almost 10 times covered five year bond, while Yuzhou Properties Co raised $500m to fund a tender offer. Two local government financing vehicles also made their offshore debuts.

China’s FangDD Network Group has kicked off a roadshow for the listing of American Depository Shares (ADS) on the Nasdaq.