HSBC
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Bank of Communications (BoCom), enjoyed success with their decision to jump on the floating rate note (FRN) bandwagon on Monday, via their Hong Kong branches. The former bagged $2bn from a triple-tranche offering and the latter $850m from a three year floater.
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China’s Huawei Investment & Holding Co is set to become the first G3 bond issuer from the technology sector in Asia this year, taking bids for a dual-trancher on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, property developer Ronshine China Holdings is back to tap its 2019s.
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Bankers and investors believe Europe’s election schedule will drive up rates on new high yield bonds and increase the attraction of leveraged loans to issuers — even as Together Financial’s new sterling offering kept the market alive.
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The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) announced on Monday that it will sell a possible dual tranche dollar bond on Tuesday. The deal will share the market with a two year from Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA).
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Equate Petrochemicals was on track to print its debut sukuk on Monday. Bankers on the deal said it was likely to print inside where a new conventional bond would come.
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Reckitt Benckiser, the UK based healath and hygiene firm, is progressing with its approach to US-based Mead Johnson Nutrition, with loan deals taking shape and the boards of both firms having waved through the $17.9bn transaction.
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The Greater China debt market started the week in full force, with Bank of Communications, ICBC and Road King Infrastructure opening books on Monday.
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China’s Huawei Investment & Holding Co is gauging investor appetite for its third international bond, having picked five banks to work on the transaction.
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Future Land Development Holdings’ new three year notes garnered massive investor interest for a $350m capped deal, as Chinese property names benefit from market support.
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