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HSBC

  • Rating: Baa2/BBB-/BBB+
  • The covered bond pipeline grew this week as Ibercaja and BNP Paribas Fortis mandated leads for roadshows and Nordea signalled it could be ready to return soon.
  • SSA
    Hannele Pokka, the Finnish minister for the environment said, in an exclusive interview with GlobalCapital, that she believes the ratification of the Paris Agreement, the first ever universal, legally binding climate accord struck in 2015, will spur on the green bond market’s development.
  • ASB Bank extended its euro curve with a tightly priced seven year. But with half the demand that was seen in the previous seven year from a New Zealand bank, its size ambition was thwarted.
  • Details about a $350m-$400m financing for private equity firm Permira’s acquisition of corporate services provider Tricor Group have emerged.
  • Export-Import Bank of Malaysia, which has doubled the size of its multi-currency medium term note programme to $3bn, is preparing to hit the road for a dollar deal.
  • After a day of caution on Wednesday, when some issuers held back from the primary market after spates of volatility last week, unrated Air France-KLM timed its €400m deal right, showing that investors will still play for yield in higher risk names.
  • SRI
    Just a week after its first dollar denominated benchmark, SNCF Réseau has announced that it will issue its first green bond.
  • SSA
    The European Investment Bank hit the screens twice on Wednesday, printing long dated euros and tapping a sterling line.
  • Doosan Bobcat is guiding investors for its W2.4tr ($2.2bn) IPO in South Korea to a price that is 15% below the bottom of the marketing range, according to bankers close to the trade.
  • HSBC has hired a market veteran as head of European investment grade corporate credit trading, bringing back trader who has been absent from the market for three years.
  • ASB Bank, the fully owned subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, extended its curve on Tuesday with a €500m seven year covered bond. But the deal received less than half the demand than ANZ New Zealand did in September despite offering a pick-up to it.