Banks
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Guangzhou R&F Properties Co started the new year by tackling its upcoming bond maturity head on, selling a $500m note on Thursday to refinance a February deal. -
VPBank Finance has made a quick comeback to the international syndications market for a $130m borrowing with a short one year tenor.
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Malaysian poultry producer Leong Hup International is planning to start pre-marketing for its $500m IPO next week, according to a source close to the matter.
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China Kepei Education will launch investor education for its Hong Kong IPO next week, according to a source close to the transaction.
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Companies usually park their reserves of cash in staid, low-yielding liquid assets. But asset managers are trying to persuade them to invest some of that money differently, in a way that could help them live up to their environmental commitments.
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BNP Paribas has become the first European bank to put a callable non-preferred senior deal into the public market, after opening books on a new dollar deal on Thursday.
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All of the top five DCM banks by revenue are US houses — for the third year running — though the resurgent Barclays cracked the top five by volume this year, according to full year 2018 figures from Dealogic.
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It is with much sadness that we have to report the death of John Lee-Tin.
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Emerging market issuers are hesitant to rush back into the market in the new year. Most are waiting on the sidelines until the tone becomes more settled and investor desks are fully staffed.
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As is becoming traditional in the European corporate bond market, car finance issuers sold the first new issues of the year. The fact the market had to wait just one day was a positive, considering that the backdrop was largely unchanged from the end of 2018, when the market had been difficult to access. However, there were some warning signs other issuers will do well to heed.
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Berkshire Hathaway was one of five issuers to brave choppy conditions on Thursday and open the dollar market with the first trades of 2019.
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