Banks
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HSBC entered Europe’s top three in the equity-linked league tables in 2019, capping a multi-year rise with a series of firsts and eye-catching deals. -
For consistency and execution, Société Générale is GlobalCapital’s best bank for equity capital markets in France and Benelux.
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Charoen Pokphand Group has invited banks to join a $7.5bn dual-currency loan in senior syndication. The deal will support the Thai conglomerate’s acquisition of Tesco’s Asia business.
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Standard Chartered is forming a new financing and securities services unit that will combine securities services, which currently operates within transaction banking, with portfolio risk management in the financial markets business.
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Singapore’s flag carrier is planning to raise S$8.8bn ($6.16bn) from a concurrent rights issue and sale of convertible bonds to help stem crippling losses driven by the Covid-19 coronavirus.
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Panama acted swiftly to capture crucial funds on Thursday, jumping on an improved market to raise $2.5bn of debt and giving a glimmer of hope to emerging market countries as fears were beginning to rise of a devastating funding squeeze for the developing nations just when they most need finance.
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Bank of America reopened the market for financial institution bonds in euros this week and was followed by a slew of other deals as investors welcomed wider spreads and new issue concessions.
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The coronavirus crisis has made it difficult for banks to know how much wholesale funding they will need in the coming years. But when a window opened in the primary market this week, issuers showed that they are still focused on trying to build up their levels of total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC), write Tyler Davies, David Freitas and Bill Thornhill.
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