HSBC

The Chinese insurer’s short-term mission to break up HSBC may fail but it raises existential questions that the bank will need to answer

The dual-currency loan proved popular in syndication

Dutch issuer planning trade for after the dust settles on big week for Fed

Widening asset swap spreads and green rarity drove €34bn of demand into deal

Market watches first new issue since February closely

Years of work building a first-class equity-linked business came to fruition for HSBC in 2021. Amid waves of issuance, the bank topped league tables, hit its highest deal value ever and dominated a resurgent UK market. Pairing consistency and quality with the vision to open new markets, HSBC is GlobalCapital’s Equity-linked Bank of the Year.

US defence giant Lockheed Martin jumped into the dollar market on Thursday following two big M&A financings that were well received

Investors plough into short dated tranches though longer deals are still possible

Chinese nutrition supplier seeks loan to refinance debt, three months after pulling a bond

South Korea’s largest securities house calls off deal after lukewarm response

Spotify competitor would go public with €1.05bn market capitalisation

The banks raised a combined $1.1bn from capital bonds