Banks

Chinese government-related issuers Zhaojin Mining Industry Co and Yunnan Provincial Investment Holdings Group Co priced dollar bonds after what bankers said was smooth bookbuilding, defying fears that followed a recent default by a local government financing vehicle.

Futu Holdings, parent of Hong Kong-based Futu Securities International, has launched bookbuilding for its potential $130.8m Nasdaq IPO.

Far East Horizon and Asian Development Bank added a bit of life to the dim sum bond market in February, raising Rmb740m ($110.4m) between them. Bankers think looming maturities could give them more business this year.

ICBC Financial Leasing Co pulled off an ultra-tight spread on both tranches of a $1.5bn bond. The issuer built a mammoth order book with generous initial guidance but ultimately pushed investors inside fair value estimates.

China Everbright Water has refiled for a potential dual-listing on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after its 2018 application expired.

Mainland regional lender Jinshang Bank and China’s in vitro product distributor IVD Medical are seeking the greenlight to float in Hong Kong.

Export Development Canada mandated banks on Tuesday for its inaugural euro benchmark, despite the euro/dollar basis swap having moved against euro issuance since the start of year, according to bankers.

Spain's no-grow €5bn 15 year syndication on Tuesday was only marginally short of breaking the record order book for a public sector euro benchmark that the sovereign set only last month, despite some investors saying that the deal offered little or no concession.

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA)’s decision to forego the price discovery process on its first benchmark of 2019 paid off, as the issuer printed more than its original target for the dollar deal on Tuesday at a level that some SSA bankers away from the deal said may have been slightly through its secondary curve.

French electricals group Rexel launched a €600m high yield bond on Tuesday, looking to refinance its 3.5% 2023 notes. The strong demand for the new bond, against a backdrop of anaemic high yield supply in euros, meant the firm printed the new issue much tighter than the bond it replaces.

Central bank governors, chief executives, fintech pioneers and bankers met at the GCC Financial Forum hosted by Euromoney in Bahrain's capital Manama to discuss the reinvention of financial services and its impact on markets. Low oil prices and fiscal dilemmas across the region have not deterred capital market participants from robust activity, as investors and lenders exude confidence in the capacity of regional banks to incorporate financial innovation into their products.

Colgate-Palmolive, the US consumer products company, has added to the recent splurge of new reverse Yankee supply with a €1bn dual-tranche that was seven times oversubscribed.