Banks

Singapore's DBS Bank has launched a digital bond issuance platform featuring software from Nivaura that will allow issuers to launch deals at the click of a button.

Erste Bank’s Croatian subsidiary will sell its first euro denominated preferred senior note next week, which it will count towards its minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).

National Australia Bank has mandated leads for the first Australian covered bond in euros for over two years. With redemptions outstripping supply this month, the NAB deal could be the beginning of a spurt of issuance.

Could San Francisco-headquartered Wells Fargo crack EMEA DCM? Its latest hire suggests that it is about to have a swing at it.

Altana, a German speciality chemicals company, has moved its main bank line to a sustainability-linked structure, with the borrower negotiating a margin in line with its pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.

SCE Intelligent Commercial Management has raised HK$1.85bn ($238.3m) after pricing its IPO at the bottom of the guidance range.

Xpeng has kicked off its Hong Kong secondary listing, the first from a Chinese electric vehicle maker.

GLP China Holdings issued an offshore renminbi bond this week, raising Rmb1.2bn (Rmb185m) from the three year deal.

Shui On Land became the first Chinese corporate borrower to sell a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) this week — a move that worked to its advantage.

Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing has launched its New York Stock Exchange IPO, aiming to raise $4.03bn from the largest China-into-US listing since Alibaba Group Holding’s jumbo $25bn deal in 2014.

Investors pumped more than $8bn in orders for Shenzhen Expressway Co's $300m capped bond on Thursday, with the Chinese issuer benefitting from its rarity value in the debt market and the stability of its business.

The dollar corporate bond market continued to show its resilience this week, but concerns are growing over a lack of supply in the run-up to the July 4 holiday weekend.