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Secondary market selling of private bonds may be wreaking havoc with the primary market for public debt but the trades were still the right thing to do
Sovereign's $3bn deal tightens well as Asian demand returns
The sovereign's public and private bonds of similar maturities are trading over 25bp apart

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  • HSBC has made Mehmet Mazi global head of debt trading and financing, a newly created position. It comes after the departure of Elie El Hayek, a veteran of the bank who had run fixed income.
  • CEE
    GTLK Europe, an aircraft and ship lessor, was offering a healthy new issue premium for a benchmark seven year bond in dollars on Tuesday, with the Covid-19 outbreak still casting a shadow over global financial markets.
  • South Africa’s Standard Bank has issued a $200m green bond, which was bought by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in its entirety. The deal is the largest green bond ever issued by an African borrower.
  • Logistics conglomerate Ever Flow River Group (EFR) has won approval from the Yangon Stock Exchange to join its sparsely populated board.
  • Bank of China made headlines last week for selling the first offshore Covid-19 linked bond. But the trade's status as a social bond — the first to come offshore from China — got less attention. The transaction shows the potential for social bonds from the country, while raising questions about why it has taken so long to see such a deal.
  • TCC Group, controlled by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, has agreed a $10bn two year loan to support its bid for Tesco’s Asian assets.