Banks

The financial institutions bond market is showing no signs of fatigue in Europe, with US financial services company Jefferies Group preferring euros over dollars for the first time since 2014 on Friday. There was some debate about fair value for its €500m deal, given the lack of outstanding comparables.

A wave of issuers — mostly Chinese — including China Mengniu Dairy Co and local government financing vehicle Guangzhou Development District Financial Holdings flooded the bond market on Thursday, riding the positive sentiment after the US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signalled a rate cut later this month.

Blue chip Hong Kong issuer New World Development Co has priced a 10 year bond worth $950m, after the leads decided to start bookbuilding at a generous level to build momentum.

Budweiser Brewing Apac has delayed pricing its jumbo float on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to a source at the company.

Chinese local government financing vehicle (LGFV) Tianjin Binhai New Area Construction & Investment Group Co’s decision to postpone a planned three year bond has highlighted the debt crisis in the Tianjin area.

Barclays has appointed Matt Pecot as head of markets for Asia Pacific, succeeding Mark Dearlove who will be retiring this year after nearly 25 years at the bank.

JP Morgan has appointed Park Pu as head of investment banking of JP Morgan Securities China Company.

Genius Auto Finance, a joint venture between Geely Automobile and BNP Paribas Personal Finance, is planning a return to the auto loan ABS market on July 18 with a Rmb4bn ($581.6m) four-tranche deal.

Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has managed to raise $500m from a tightly priced zero coupon exchangeable bond.

New issue premiums have been widening somewhat in Europe's corporate bond market in recent weeks, but Accent, a UK housing association, priced its debut bond at a level bankers said was tighter than where comparable issuers were trading.

Could Deutsche Bank’s relegation from the top table of investment banks puncture Germany’s positive impression of its banking system, leading to a breakthrough in Europe's banking union?

ArcelorMittal jumped into the dollar bond market on Thursday to take advantage of strong funding conditions, after Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, stoked hopes of a rate cut in July.