HSBC

HSBC said on Thursday that it had strengthened its infrastructure and real estate team, hiring six bankers externally and making five internal appointments.

Comcast got October off to a flyer after high-grade corporate dollar issuance slumped to its weakest level for four years in third quarter. However, aside from Comcast there were slim pickings in the high-grade market this week.

IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, made a rare visit to the market on Thursday against a backdrop of rapidly rising US Treasury yields. The turbulent backdrop looked to have little impact on the trade, however.

The order book for Afreximbank’s revived five year dollar benchmark had filled with more than $1bn of orders by Thursday lunchtime, according to a banker close to the deal.

A dearth of corporate bond supply on Wednesday, due to a German public holiday, was followed by deals from airport operators in two markets on Thursday. Aéroports de Paris (AdP) opted for the domestic route, while Heathrow made its first visit to the Australian market.

IDB Invest is out with a no-grow $500m three year floating rate note after completing a series of investor meetings. The trade will come after Kommuninvest and NRW.Bank issued in that part of the curve over the last week.

The Brussels IPO of Shurgard Self Storage, the largest operator of self-storage facilities in Europe, is covered, less than three working days into the bookbuild.

Petrochemicals company Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and Qatari bank Al Khalij Commercial Bank printed bonds on Tuesday with no sign of investors wearying of Middle Eastern supply despite $12.5bn having been sold from the region since the start of September.

The Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China has mandated 12 banks to work on its planned $3bn return to the bond market, which could come next week.

Asian Development Bank was aggressive with the pricing of its inaugural Sonia-linked floater on Tuesday by offering no new issue premium, according to SSA bankers. Nevertheless, the supranational was able to attract more than ample interest, allowing it to increase the size of the deal.

Kommuninvest was able to get more than enough demand for a rare three year dollar benchmark on Tuesday, despite the deal being priced at a level that onlooking SSA bankers said was flat to fair value.

Amphenol Technologies, the European subsidiary of a US fibreoptic cable connector firm, sold its first bond in euros on Monday. Despite a weaker secondary tone, demand for the 10 year deal justified the issuer’s decision to press ahead with the trade.