BNP Paribas
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South Korea's Shinhan Card has sold a $300m social bond in the Taiwanese market, finding strong interest from investors keen to support deals in this growing asset class. -
Nestlé, the Swiss food company, landed its largest ever euro bond on Wednesday, close to or through fair value. But investors showed a strong preference for the shortest tranche after EU inflation turned out higher than expected this week.
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Zhenro Properties Group visited the offshore bond market for the fourth time in 2021 this week, adding another $340m to its coffers.
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Europe’s corporate bond market was again dominated by ESG trades on Tuesday but the influx of green and socially conscious deals in recent weeks means that investors have become increasingly picky about what they buy.
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Geely Automobile Holdings’ 80%-owned Genius Auto Finance is returning to China’s onshore market with a Rmb4.5bn ($705m) ABS next week, three months after getting away with an aggressive pricing for its first transaction of 2021.
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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.
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Europe’s high grade corporate market this week saw one of its busiest days of the year, with a touch over €4.5bn printed from eight tranches on Wednesday, and investors lapped up most of the deals with ease.
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ESG trades were again the dominant format in Europe’s high grade corporate bond market on Thursday, with railway product maker Wabtec Transport and property developer Citycon printing green debt.
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French banks and foreign rivals are slugging it out in France’s corporate finance boom, where proximity to the government is an advantage, writes David Rothnie.
