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Turkish Fibabanka is heading off on a roadshow on Wednesday to market a five year dollar denominated bond. But with Turkish bank levels still elevated after local press reports that some Turkish lenders could be fined billions of dollars by the US for violating sanctions on Iran, the bank and its leads are hoping for a rally before pricing.
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Bank of Jinzhou Co raised $1.496bn from its first additional tier one transaction on Friday, following the trend of other Chinese banks by selling a quick and dirty deal on the back of onshore investors.
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Four Chinese corporations priced a total of $1.175bn of bonds on Tuesday, the day before the start of the Communist Party’s five-yearly congress.
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Chinese commodity trader Tewoo Group and retail chain operator Maoye International Holdings are in the market with bonds of less than a year, getting ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress meeting that will kick off from Wednesday.
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Zhongrong Xinda Group Co is planning to debut in the international bond market, after mandating four firms to lead a Reg S transaction. The roadshow will take place early next week.
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The Chinese Ministry of Finance (MoF) has begun mandating underwriters to issue two tranches of sovereign dollar bonds – the country’s first outing in the dollar market for more than a decade.
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Edra Global Energy, the Malaysian power producer formerly affiliated with embattled sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, has started sounding out investors for its IPO.
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Frequent issuer Tewoo Group is readying a comeback to the offshore bond market. It has mandated firms to arrange a roadshow at the end of the week.
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Investment bank and research firm Exotix made two senior hires this week.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China raised $2bn-equivalent from its three tranche offshore green bond debut, making it one of the largest green bond deals from a Chinese bank.
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Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) managed to capture the last window before China’s Golden Week holiday to price a $800m senior perpetual bond. Malaysia’s Yinson Holdings had a similar idea, selling a $100m perp.
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Lionbridge Capital Co made a triumphant return to the dollar bond market on Thursday, closing a $160m deal it was forced to cancel earlier this year. But the market was not open to all-comers — Nan Hai Corp cancelled a mooted deal.