Banks

Canada’s federal pensions manager, Public Sector Pension Investments, made its debut on the international bond market on Tuesday — and will soon be back for more. It was joined in the market by International Finance Corporation’s first ever bond linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr).

Yorkshire Building Society paid a rare visit to the euro market on Tuesday as it offered a small premium for a €600m preferred senior deal. Bankers expect issuance to slowly dry up over the next few weeks as the market prepares for the summer break.

UBS made its first foray into the green bond market as an issuer on Monday, landing a €500m operating company deal at a level bordering on zero yield, which could embolden other lower spread issuers to follow. The visit to euros was paired with a seven year deal in the Swiss bank’s home market.

UK speciality fibres and plastics maker Essentra has launched a private placement in what is the second deal from a listed UK corporate to hit the market in a matter of weeks. Market sources say more corporates, including some utilities, are set to return to the instrument after a dry spell since the coronavirus pandemic began.

A new special purpose acquisition company focused on the decarbonisation industry has launched an IPO on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with the backing of cornerstone investors.

Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii, the Turkish brewer, is seeking to issue a new dollar bond as it tenders for existing debt in the currency, just days after the Turkish sovereign reappeared in the debt capital markets.

China’s Full Truck Alliance (FTA), billed as an Uber-style service for trucks, has raised $1.56bn from its New York IPO. A wave of global demand pushed final pricing to the top of the guidance, said a banker close to the deal.

The recent round of M&A and leveraged buyout financing provided by Chinese banks shows their growing ambition in the more complicated and riskier part of Asia’s loan market.

Chinese online human resources service provider 51job has raised a $1.825bn term loan from two banks to support its take-private.

Zylox-Tonbridge Medical Technology, a China-based medical device maker, is looking to raise up to HK$2.56bn ($329.9m) from a Hong Kong IPO.

Agriculture company Syngenta Group Co is working with three Chinese securities firms to prepare for a listing on Shanghai’s Star market.

Chinese real estate company Hopson Development Holdings returned to the offshore bond market for the fourth time this year on Monday, this time taking an aggressive approach to pricing its $200m deal.