Banks
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Optivo has become the latest UK housing association to sign a bank debt facility, with the borrower the first in recent weeks from its sector to use a sustainability-linked loan margin.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Banco Santander tapped the sterling market for senior bonds this week and what bankers said were high-quality orders led both issuers to increase the size of the benchmark transactions. -
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB), Banco Santander’s investment banking unit, has appointed Marcel Patiño from Itaú BBA as its new head of Santander SCIB Colombia.
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reopened the Australian dollar covered bond market on Thursday with one of the largest deals from an overseas issuer at a cost that matched that of its dollar funding.
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Oman came to market on Thursday for a pair of dollar benchmarks, offering initial price thoughts onlookers described as "generous" and gathering a large order book ahead of the opening of the New York market.
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations has returned to the Samurai market with what the issuer and leads said was the lowest ever coupon in the format.
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Bank of Montreal offered dollar investors a very rare chance to buy Canadian additional tier one paper this week, having spied an opening for a tightly priced deal.
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ANZ names regional head — SPDB hires new loans chief — ANZ adds to syndication team — Bank of America loses loans banker — Citi appoints execution head
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Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina proved to the dollar bond market that quality credits can win over investors during turbulent times, as it navigated secondary market volatility this week to rake in $1.5bn from a chunky $10bn book. Morgan Davis reports.
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Peruvian holding company Intercorp Peru issued more debt than initially intended on Wednesday after notching a heavily oversubscribed order book in its first international trade since 2015.
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Brazilian conglomerate Cosan returned to bond markets on Wednesday with a $750m 10 year non-call five year trade that bankers on the deal said landed close to fair value.
