HSBC

HSBC has suffered some staffing fallout after the short-lived tenure of Matthew Westerman, but its corporate finance ambitions remain in place, writes David Rothnie

China Huarong Asset Management Co focused on getting a sensible price rather than a large size with its Tuesday bond issue, raising $1.1bn from three tranches. The deal followed a probe of its former chairman earlier this year, as well as a general widening of bonds from the sector.

An MTNs banker, who resigned from HSBC’s EMTN desk two weeks ago, will be returning to the BNP Paribas MTNs desk.

Two euro borrowers launched benchmarks on Wednesday, sharing the SSA euro market. While both secured successful deals, one found the market tougher going, as investors pushed back.

Chinese financial leasing firm Far East Horizon (FEH) nabbed $400m from a floating rate note on Monday that required an arduous price discovery process.

American agricultural equipment firm AGCO has launched a Schuldschein transaction, following in the footsteps of Sherwin Williams and Wabco.

France is set to revisit the SRI market, announcing a syndicated tap of its June 2039 Green OAT, or GrOAT. The deal will follow a German agency's annual green bond.

A pair of borrowers have hit screens for euro benchmarks to be sold during Tuesday’s session, but another nipped in ahead of the rush to price on Monday.

The UK’s Synthomer plans to raise €600m through a revolving credit facility and privately placed notes, as the unrated chemicals company looks to refinance existing bank debt early.

The European Investment Bank threw itself into a new type of sterling deal with aplomb, making a splash with a £1bn floater referencing the Sonia benchmark, in what bankers believe may become the new standard for the market.

The Loan Market Association has recruited a trio of loan market stalwarts to its board after its AGM this week. MUFG’s Mathias Noack has retained his place as chairman.

HSBC has named Hemant Lodha as head of the financing solutions group, debt capital markets, Asia Pacific, with immediate effect, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.