ICBC

ICBC International Holdings found a positive window to sell a five year bond on Tuesday, riding the uptick in market sentiment to price a $700m transaction inside fair value.

Russian steel producer Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has raised a €600m syndicated loan, as experts say that the continued presence of Russians in the market during the crisis is down to the resilience they were forced to acquire after years of sanctions.

KKR bidco Planets UK has signed a £2.5bn syndicated loan to support a £4.2bn all-cash acquisition of UK waste management firm Viridor, according to sources familiar with the situation. Merger and acquisition activity is set for a revival in the second half of the year, as previously deferred deals are brought back to the fore and at-risk companies are forced to rethink strategy, bankers say.

China Huarong Financial Leasing Co opted for a short tenor deal for its latest $300m bond outing in a bid to save on funding costs.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co has added to the growing presence of Chinese financial credits in the international debt market with a $500m deal.

Chinese food and beverage company Bright Food sold a euro-denominated bond via its Singapore arm on Wednesday, raising €800m. It leaned on Chinese bank support to price the deal at a tighter level than where European investors were willing to buy.

Dollar bonds sold by Bank of Communications and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China widened in the aftermarket on Tuesday after both firms took a tight approach to pricing.

Tianjin Great Wall Binyin Automotive Finance, the funding arm of domestic carmaker Great Wall Motors, sealed its first internationally rated auto securitization deal on Thursday. The Rmb3.37bn ($481m) deal attracted decent demand from foreign investors.

Bohai Bank wrapped up a billion-dollar-plus Hong Kong IPO this week. The issuer, one of China’s last remaining joint-stock commercial banks to go public, rode the tail end of a hot period for the city’s IPO market. Jonathan Breen reports.

TCL Technology Group Co sold its maiden dollar bond on Tuesday, getting a 10 times oversubscribed book at its peak thanks to a standby letter of credit (SBLC) from Bank of China.

China Bohai Bank is set to price its Hong Kong IPO around the bottom of the marketed range on Thursday to net HK$13.7bn ($1.77bn), according to a source close to the deal.

New Development Bank sealed its second Panda bond of the year on Monday. Despite coming out on a ‘miserable’ day for China’s domestic debt market, support from Chinese banks helped the multilateral development bank price a tight deal.