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  • Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) issued a €500m five year covered bond on Thursday that was more oversubscribed than any previous Singaporean deal and priced inside fair value in what a lead manager described as ‘a one-way market’.
  • Qatari decision makers have worked hard over recent months to reassure the country’s partners and foreign investors about the country’s economic resilience, in the face of unprecedented strains created by the blockade imposed on June 5th by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain
  • Saudi Arabia cut through rising swap spreads on Wednesday to print its third jumbo transaction, bringing its funding efforts to $39bn over 12 months. The issuer kept the buyside sweet with around a 10bp new issue concession, and all three tranches were tighter in the secondary market on Thursday.
  • JD.com has rolled out its first international syndicated loan and the $500m deal has already attracted a lot of attention from banks. The Chinese e-commerce company is loss-making but lenders are enticed by the prospects of ancillary business and an expected improvement in its financial position after the recent spin-off of JD Finance, reports Shruti Chaturvedi.
  • A default from a Chinese local government financing vehicle (LGFV) is looking increasingly likely, showing how fragile the dollar debt market in the region can be. The risk is certainly there, but DCM bankers are sceptical it could cause a repricing in the offshore bond market, writes Addison Gong.
  • Geo Energy Resources found success on Wednesday with its second attempt to sell a debut dollar bond, after waiting two months for a receptive market window.