Credit Suisse

A wide gamut of deals across asset classes filtered through the Swiss franc market this week. Gyrations in swaps allowed Crédit Agricole to come flat on euros on Thursday, while also giving investors a great deal on a long end Lausanne trade.

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) raised $400m in the international bond market on Wednesday despite the Covid-19 pandemic challenging the Philippine issuer’s transaction.

Chinese real estate companies China Fortune Land Development and Ronshine China Holdings raised a combined $550m in the bond market on Tuesday, but their tight pricing did not appeal to all investors.

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Nio hit the US market with a follow-on offering of American Depositary Shares (ADS) on Tuesday.

The coronavirus crisis may have hit overall covered bond supply prospects, but it has provided a silver lining for some banks — such as Credit Suisse, ING and Commerzbank which have all fared well in the covered bond league tables this year.

Central China Real Estate and Greenland Holding Group Co raised a combined $900m in the international debt market on Monday.

Banks leading the acquisition loan for equipment finance firm Boels have increased the size of the distributed portion of the offering and cut the discount on offer, as a strong market backdrop helps clear the hung bridge backlog from before the onset of the coronavirus.

ABN Amro and Commerzbank have proven that the additional tier one (AT1) market is wide open for business, after they clocked up more than €17bn of combined demand for their two new deals on Monday.

Three European companies, one of them a high yield issuer, jumped into the corporate bond market on Friday, the first to test the waters after the European Central Bank's promise the previous day to top them up with another €600bn of liquidity through its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp). They found overwhelming demand, leading to fast sales, an increase and deeply negative new issue premiums.

Chinese online game developer NetEase has raised HK$21.1bn ($2.7bn) from its secondary offering in Hong Kong, riding on strong investor support for its listing, according to a senior banker on the deal.

A trio of double-A rated SSA names from South Korea, Central America and France tapped the Swiss franc market this week, raising a combined Sfr550m ($575.8m) and paving the way for other similar issuers to follow.

Chinese property developer Kaisa Group Holdings reset the price for all of its bonds on Wednesday when it sold a $300m sub-one year note.