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Chinese textile company Victory City International Holdings’ financial predicament has taken a turn for the worse as it revealed previously undisclosed outstanding debt at its subsidiaries this week. -
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Hundreds of things happened this week in sustainable finance. That’s normal now — it’s become a fizzing, global market which is ever-present. Anyone who predicted, say, four years ago that sustainable finance would take over the whole capital market probably feels the outcome has exceeded their expectations.
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Inter-American Development Bank was the only issuer to hit screens in US dollars this week, raising $500m with a seven year bond linked to the secured overnight financing rate — its longest ever in the format.
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The European Union finally arrived with its second Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) transaction of the year on Tuesday, two weeks after it sent banks a request for proposals (RFP).
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NRW.Bank became the latest non-UK public sector borrower to hit the sterling market this week, taking advantage of the attractive funding cost in the currency versus euros and US dollars.
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Lancashire Holdings issued its first subordinated bond this week, a Reg S dollar tier two. There has been a near complete absence of insurance capital trades from the euro and dollar markets so far this year, but bankers are confident that more will follow.
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The Asian Development Bank broke a decade-long absence from China’s domestic market to price a Rmb2bn ($307m) Panda bond at a record low spread this week. Its assistant treasurer told GlobalCapital that the multilateral development bank is open to selling longer dated and green renminbi-denominated deals. Addison Gong reports.
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Secondary listings in Hong Kong got a fresh boost this week with online car marketplace Autohome pricing its deal and internet giant Baidu getting ready to roll out its transaction. More homecomings by US-listed Chinese companies are in the pipeline, but the number of viable candidates is shrinking, writes Jonathan Breen.
