Japan
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Australia, New Zealand and Singapore to look at covered bonds to finance life after central bank funding -
Japanese telecom company brings long-awaited green double bill
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South America sovereign likely to issue fixed rate yen bond in December
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French bank brings innovation as Samurai market looks to sever links with Libor
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It’s funny how every four years we all become increasingly patriotic and turn experts in niche sports we would otherwise never watch.
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Athletes are finally arriving in Tokyo for the long-awaited 2020 Olympics. I am bracing myself for what could be the oddest Olympics I've ever seen.
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SoftBank returned to euro and dollar bond markets after a three year absence to issue an eight tranche deal, raising more than $7bn-equivalent from total demand of more than $16bn, and hitting every empty spot in its funding curve at once.
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Crédit Agricole issued a callable Samurai bond this week that will reset to a spread over the local government bond curve, as the yen market transitions away from Libor ahead of its cessation later this year.
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BNP Paribas sold its first Samurai bond not to reset to Japanese Libor on Friday, ahead of the risk free rate's cessation later this year.
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Japanese issuers have embraced green, social and sustainability bonds, offering domestic and international investors a range of deals designed to tackle climate change, gender equality and other problems. But the local investor base is still small — and some issuers have lingering questions about funding costs. GlobalCapital talked to a group of leading market participants about the potential for Japan’s ESG bond market.
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Japan’s sustainable bond market, already one of the world’s largest, has grown over the past year — given a boost from social funding needs brought about by Covid-19. Morgan Davis reports.
