Banks
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Tesla has raised the equivalent of $521m from the loan market, helping fund its Shanghai factory.
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Spain's BBVA is targeting Asian liquidity as part of its global syndication for a $100m borrowing.
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Jonathan Moulds, a banking veteran who worked in board-level jobs at Barclays and Merrill Lynch International, is to become chair of Litigation Capital Management.
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Peking University Founder Group Co priced a $200m bond tap on Friday, getting ahead of a disappointing non-farm payroll report..
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Citi's head of capital market origination in Asia Pacific is taking over the bank's Indian operation.
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SNCF Réseau took advantage of a move in swap spreads and a favourable euro/dollar basis swap to sell its third dollar benchmark on Friday, ahead of what SSA bankers say will be a busy week of supply in the currency. Nordic agencies are among the issuers expected to be come to the dollar market next week.
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Rating: Aa3/AA-/AA-
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Telefónica, the Spanish telecoms group with €55bn of debt, came to the euro market on Tuesday to refinance two of its hybrid capital bonds. It launched a tender offer for the pair, which now total €1.3bn, and a hybrid new issue to replace them, tacking on opportunistically a 10 year senior bond issue.
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Achmea, the Dutch insurance holding company, has signed a €1bn sustainability-linked refinancing loan, in what one bank said was the first deal of its kind in the country's insurance sector.
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Solar glass manufacturer Xinyi Solar Holdings has raised HK$1.32bn ($168m) after selling a block of new shares in a top-up placement.
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Indonesia's Mitra Pinasthika Mustika Finance has returned to the international loan market, seeking a dual-currency $200m borrowing.
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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka sealed a $2.4bn bond after shaking off investor concerns about the country’s political turmoil and ratings downgrades.