China Development Bank top stories

• 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

• CDB goes global for onshore green bond

  China Development Bank hired a dozen foreign banks for its latest green bond, raising Rmb10bn ($1.4bn) from a domestic market deal that attracted major offshore demand. Rebecca Feng reports.

  • 14 Nov 2019

• Maybank’s second BRI Panda gets warm welcome

  Maybank completed its second Rmb2bn ($291.5m) Belt and Road Panda trade on Thursday, pricing both tranches at the bottom of the price range.

  • 21 Jun 2019

• Maybank returns for bigger Panda

  Maybank plans to return to the Chinese debt market on Wednesday with a Rmb2bn ($289m) Panda bond offering after a two-year hiatus. This time around, the Malaysian lender has roped in a policy bank as the trade’s lead underwriter.

  • 18 Jun 2019