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A double digit premium to the dollar curve lured in overseas buyers, who took a 'large chunk' of the bonds
Investors have lots of cash and are eager for new issuance
Investors are keen for new bonds and better rated borrowers may not want to issue in numbers
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Chinese software company Kingsoft Corp bagged HK$3.1bn ($399.9m) on Thursday from a five year convertible bond. It was the first equity-linked trade in Hong Kong since the coronavirus outbreak in January. -
Credit Suisse has been hit hard by the alleged accounting scandal at Nasdaq-listed Luckin Coffee, which is understood to be behind one of the largest loans covered in the bank’s loan loss provisions for the first quarter of 2020.
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In this round-up, Shanghai-based companies are being encouraged to take advantage of the city’s Star board, China has pledged another $30m to the World Health Organization and the State Council has urged banks to boost lending to micro and small enterprises.
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PSA International, a Singaporean port operator, raised $650m from a 10 year bond that appealed to investors because of its strong credentials.
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Kookmin Bank has become the first issuer from South Korea to sell an international public bond to combat the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. While virus-response deals are still just a tiny part of Asia’s debt market, bankers say it is set to grow.
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In this round-up, international investors dumped Rmb208.4bn ($29.4bn) of Chinese stocks in March, and state-owned enterprises recorded a huge revenue drop in the first quarter of the year.
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