Japan
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Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and a syndicate of lenders have provided a $2.73bn loan to finance the construction of a railway and upgrade a port in Mozambique, which will ensure the long term supply of coal to Japan from the African country. -
One of the last batches of the year’s Hong Kong IPOs kept the market busy this week, even as investors started to wind down for the holidays.
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Banco Santander is preparing to sell its non-preferred senior bonds in the public yen market, with pricing expected in early December.
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Berlin Hyp has become the latest FIG issuer to enter the green senior unsecured market in euros, after Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and Mizuho Financial Group opened up issuance from Japan earlier this month.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp returned to market as it took a combined $4bn amid red-hot funding conditions.
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The Development Bank of Japan has managed to yank the spread in by 8bp for its third sustainability bond on Wednesday, which was still more than three times subscribed.
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Mizuho Financial Group came to the market with a bond financing green projects on Tuesday, becoming the second Japanese bank to do a green euro deal in two weeks.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) came to the market with a seven year senior unsecured bond on Wednesday to finance green projects, with Mizuho still in the pipeline for a green deal of its own.
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French banks have been frequenting the Samurai market all year, and the latest trade from Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) this week offered Japanese accounts a rare chance to invest in the senior preferred format.
