HSBC

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) is looking to raise capital for a planned acquisition in Australia, wooing investors in the Singapore dollar hybrid market.

China Reinsurance Corp and China Huarong Asset Management have kicked off the investor education phase of their respective Hong Kong IPOs, with both targeting multi-billion dollar offerings.

Dongfeng Motor Group is set to meet investors ahead of what will be its first offshore bond. The company has opted for a euro deal as it aims to use proceeds to pay back part of a bridge loan in that currency.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has mandated four banks to arrange a non-deal roadshow that is set to begin on October 6.

KfW

A conveyor belt of dollar benchmarks from SSAs passed quality control this week despite tough background conditions. But there are signs issuers are following those in euros by boosting concessions.

The euro market’s strength over dollars is impelling public sector borrowers to line up the currency for rare or even debut visits — and there are strong signs this opportunity could last longer than earlier windows.

EDF has expanded its investor base into Taiwan with a $1.5bn bond, the first time a European issuer has bought a dollar bond to the Formosa market.

Kommuninvest and KfW found good demand for short dated dollar benchmarks on Thursday despite difficult market conditions.

The Province of British Columbia brought an inaugural euro benchmark on Thursday, as a supranational issuer reopened a green bond in the currency.

Hapag-Lloyd, the German container shipping company, signed a $372m 12 year loan facility on September 30, to finance the purchase of five new container ships.

Debt bankers are pinning their hopes on the Middle East to get fourth quarter bond supply off to a strong start, after a torrid final two weeks of September.