Deutsche Bank

A flexible approach to its $750m bond paid off for India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, which navigated weak market sentiment and demanding investors by changing its tenor, size and price expectations. Morgan Davis reports.

Deutsche Bank on Wednesday released a stellar set of results for origination for the second quarter, compared with consensus estimates, its previous results and to a lesser extent competitors. Henrik Johnsson, co-head of European banking and capital markets, said that the bank’s strengths became more valuable during the coronavirus crisis.

European Banks are seeing a rebound in their common equity tier one capital ratios in the second quarter, as they draw on new measures of regulatory relief to guard themselves against a tougher operating environment.

Australia surprised the market on Tuesday with a bumper long end deal that attracted a substantial amount of offshore interest. The deal comes just as New Zealand sets a date for its for its next syndicated deal.

India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone proved its willingness to be flexible this week, changing its planned tenor and offering a decent concession to secure demand for a $750m bond.

KfW tapped an October 2034 line on Tuesday, enjoying impressive demand for the €1bn trade thanks, in part, to the strong performance of the Bund curve sending investors hunting for yield.

DaFa Properties Group raised $150m from its bond return on Monday, offering investors a hefty yield of 13.5%.

Australia has launched its second syndication of its 2020-21 fiscal year on Monday morning, Sydney time, extending its curve out to 2051 with a new benchmark.

Chinese property developer Fantasia Holdings Group Co took advantage of the favourable market conditions on Thursday to raise money for refinancing. It found more support than anticipated, allowing it to seal a larger $350m bond.

Ping An International Financial Leasing Co has returned for a $340m loan to meet its refinancing needs.

In a world first this week, 23-year-old student and Australian retail government bond investor Katta O’Donnell filed a legal challenge against the sovereign on Wednesday, claiming that the government does not do enough to disclose the risks of climate change to investors. If successful, the case could change issuers’ obligations regarding climate risk disclosure.

Deutsche Bank has taken advantage of the addition of more collateral to its Pfandbrief mortgage pool following the merger with the former Postbank entity to issue more than €2bn of retained covered bonds.