Westpac top stories

• BoCom Leasing floats dual-tranche trade

  

  Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co (BoCom Leasing) found strong support from investors for its $800m dual-tranche floating-rate deal on Monday, thanks to its status as a defensive credit in a volatile market.

  • 25 Feb 2020

• ICBC looks Down Under for A$500m

  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China turned to the Australian debt market on Monday to raise A$500m ($336m) through its Sydney branch.

  • 18 Feb 2020

• ONGC Videsh seeks $1bn refi loan through nine banks

  ONGC Videsh (OVL), the international arm of Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has mandated nine banks for a $1bn loan.

  • 10 Feb 2020

• BofA smashes hybrid record with 4.3% coupon

  Records tumbled in the US bond market this week, as Bank of America and Toronto Dominion set new pricing records.

  • 23 Jan 2020

• Ford starts Kangaroo engine

  Ford Motor Credit Company mandated banks on Tuesday to lead a new Australian dollar deal, its first since 2016.

  • 19 Nov 2019

• ANZ offers rare sustainable T2 in euros after Aussie reg changes

  Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) launched a new sustainable tier two on Friday. Looking to broaden its investor universe in the euro market and enlarge its tier two buffer after changes in Australian regulation, ANZ’s deal attracted orders of 2.5 times its €1bn size.

  • 15 Nov 2019

• Goldman smashes 5% in pref market as BNPP makes triumphant return

  Goldman Sachs set the lowest coupon of 2019 on a new preferred deal in the institutional bond market this week, while BNP Paribas buried the memory of its troubled dollar trade in January with a storming come-back.

  • 14 Nov 2019

• Investors get set to welcome green bank capital as ANZ preps T2

  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is getting ready to offer FIG investors a very rare chance to purchase green bank capital in euros, with the issuer set to hit the road for a new tier two in November.

  • 31 Oct 2019

• FIG pipeline bulges with rare reg cap trades

  There is a growing pipeline of subordinated bond issuance in the FIG market this week, as issuers think about their regulatory requirements and find no reason to wait in light of a recently favoruable backdrop.

  • 30 Oct 2019

• Vicinity uses euro bond lull but tightens little

  Australia’s Vicinity Centres, a real estate investment trust, issued a €500m bond on Monday, slipping into what is expected to be a week of weak activity before the high grade bond markets light up again next month.

  • 28 Oct 2019