China Development Bank top stories

• CDB ends six-year dim sum hiatus with chunky deal

  

  China Development Bank returned to the offshore renminbi bond (CNH) market after six years with the largest print in the currency for 2020.

  • 20 Nov 2020

• MMG gets $800m loan for Peru mine

  Minera Las Bambas (MLB), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed MMG, has raised an $800m loan from four Chinese banks.

  • 21 Oct 2020

• Asia bonds hit roadblock as heavy supply continues

  Weak investor sentiment, oversupply and aggressive pricing strategies hurt the Asian dollar bond market this week. As issuers rushed to sell deals before China’s Golden Week holiday and the US presidential election in November, many were left with transactions that fell short of expectations or slumped in the secondary market. Morgan Davis reports.

  • 24 Sep 2020

• CDB bridges interbank, exchange markets with certified green bonds

  China Development Bank has raised Rmb10bn ($1.43bn) from a domestic green bond that won international certification. The policy bank made the rare move to sell the deal in different primary markets simultaneously, a further step in the closer union between China’s two big onshore debt markets. Addison Gong and Rebecca Feng report.

  • 30 Jul 2020

• BRI launches $1bn loan into syndication

  Bank Rakyat Indonesia has opened a $1bn loan into general syndication with a group of 10 lenders at the helm.

  • 14 Jul 2020

• AAHK loan soars to a bigger HK$35bn

  The Airport Authority Hong Kong has boosted the size of its loan to HK$35bn ($4.5bn), after receiving a strong response during syndication.

  • 24 Jun 2020

• Garanti lands ESG loan despite coronavirus chaos

  Turkey’s Garanti Bank has raised a $592.4m-equivalent ESG-linked syndicated loan — the first of its kind signed by a bank. The deal, despite being launched at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, went successfully, according to bankers, following a string of refinancings by other Turkish banks.

  • 20 May 2020

• Chinese issuers tap bond market to tackle virus woes

  A mix of Chinese policy banks, hospital builders and pharmaceuticals companies have put the domestic bond market to use to combat the coronavirus outbreak as the death toll nears 600. More mainland issuers are also readying deals as the country’s regulators introduce a faster registration process for such issuance, write Addison Gong and Rebecca Feng.

  • 06 Feb 2020

• Chinese issuers prep coronavirus bonds to combat disease

  Chinese policy banks and corporations are planning to sell renminbi bonds onshore to battle the coronavirus outbreak, using the capital markets as a source of key funding during a challenging time for the financial industry.

  • 05 Feb 2020

• Bond flurry continues but Vietnamese bank falls short

  The overwhelming supply of international bonds from Asia continued on Tuesday, as issuers dashed to raise dollars, and in one case, sterling. But not every borrower was able to cross the finish line.

  • 15 Jan 2020