Banks
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Banks bombarded the dollar market this week, with a deluge of supply from rare Yankee issuers and US heavyweights across the capital structure. -
Financial services company Far East Horizon has made its second visit to the equity-linked market, selling $250m of five year convertible bonds.
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Shandong Finance Investment Group Co sold its first dollar bond this week. Its $500m deal was heavily supported by a large syndicate team.
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Hong Kong property company New World Development Co sold a perpetual bond this week, raising $1.2bn to fund a tender offer for a fixed-for-life deal.
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Times China Holdings, Yango Group and Greenland Hong Kong Holdings, all of which are real estate developers, raised $840m between them from the bond market on Thursday, continuing a recent revival in issuance from the sector.
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Investment firm China Renaissance Holdings has closed its debut offshore borrowing of $300m.
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ING has appointed a new country manager for Hong Kong and China, succeeding veteran banker Aart Jan den Hartog, who is leaving the Dutch firm at the end of June.
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AstraZeneca, the UK drug company, showed the eager demand for merger and acquisition financings this week when it achieved ultra-tight pricing on a $7bn bond issue to fund its acquisition of US biotech firm Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
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Banks have enjoyed a hot funding streak in the sterling market in recent weeks, with pent up demand pushing supply towards its highest year in over a decade. Some market participants, however, are worried the superlative conditions might vanish just as quickly as they appeared.
