HSBC
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Four public sector borrowers will launch euro bonds on Wednesday, having announced deals throughout the curve ahead of this week’s European Central Bank meeting.
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Peruvian state-owned oil company Petroperu will issue bonds maturing in between 15 and 30 years, said Standard & Poor’s, as the company meets investors.
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Republic of Turkey has turned to euros for its second trade since its constitutional referendum on April 16, as Yapi Kredi markets a lira denominated Eurobond.
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A $500m three year borrowing for State Bank of India has been allotted among 21 lenders, eight of which joined during general syndication.
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China Merchants Bank printed its inaugural international floating rate note this week, becoming the first joint stock bank from the country to do so. It priced its bonds close to fair value.
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Corporate bond bankers in Europe appreciated the break in primary market activity on Monday after the busiest May on record. Bankers said giving investors time to digest the latest trades would help demand remain strong in the coming weeks.
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Société Générale has opened the books for the Paris flotation of ALD, its car leasing business, which if completed, will be the largest French IPO since asset manager Amundi went public in November 2015 for €1.6bn.
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After closing its largest ever loan African Export-Import Bank has named banks for a dollar bond of up to seven years.
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Singaporean broadband provider NetLink Trust is set to begin investor education this week for its IPO, which could raise around $1.5bn, according to a banker close to the deal.
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Mainland banks continue to be active in the floating rate bond market, with China Merchants Bank Co looking to sell its inaugural dollar FRN on Monday.
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Export-Import Bank of China came to the market with a two-currency, fixed and floating rate transaction on Thursday, snapping up $918m-equivalent. Its outing followed downgrades on China’s sovereign rating and that of the issuer, but buy-side concerns were well contained.
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HSBC Holdings stormed into the Singapore dollar bank capital market on June 1 with a S$1bn ($722m) additional tier one that notched up a number of firsts, as the issuer took advantage of the liquidity and stability of the currency.