Greater China

As Dongfeng-Nissan Auto Finance prepares for its third transaction in China’s asset backed securities (ABS) market this year – a Rmb3.5bn ($527.4m) two-tranche deal – the originator is ditching the single tranche structure it switched to for its August transaction.

Global Logistic Properties is coming back to the Panda bond market after a year-long absence, approaching the interbank market with a Rmb1bn ($150.7m) five year note pricing on October 13. But while investors will be familiar with the issuer, the new bond bears little resemblance to GLP’s previous offer.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China raised $2bn-equivalent from its three tranche offshore green bond debut, making it one of the largest green bond deals from a Chinese bank.

China and Luxembourg made their first collaboration in equities on September 28, launching a green stock index. But experts say that while indices such as this are necessary for Chinese green finance to grow, they are not sufficient to ensure its success.

Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) managed to capture the last window before China’s Golden Week holiday to price a $800m senior perpetual bond. Malaysia’s Yinson Holdings had a similar idea, selling a $100m perp.

The head of credit for Axis Bank in Hong Kong has resigned and will be joining financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald in October, sources told GlobalCapital Asia.

Lionbridge Capital Co made a triumphant return to the dollar bond market on Thursday, closing a $160m deal it was forced to cancel earlier this year. But the market was not open to all-comers — Nan Hai Corp cancelled a mooted deal.

Despite a low turnout by shareholders, Carnival Group International Holdings has raised HK$1.7bn ($219.9m) from a rights issue of more than four billion shares.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) revises up its China economic growth forecast, China’s current account surplus falls to $69.3bn in the first half, and officials from the Philippines begin their roadshow for the country’s first Panda bond issuance.

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.

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