Loans and High Yield

Evergrande Group's dollar bonds have continued their downward spiral to becoming the worst performing high yield notes last week, as the Chinese real estate company feels the impact over its links with Shenjiang Bank, which has come under fire by regulators.

Cal-Comp Electronics (Thailand) Public Co, an international subsidiary of Taiwan’s Kinpo Electronics, is tapping the loan market for its debut sustainability-linked borrowing as companies and banks continue to push the development of the asset class in Asia.

Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) has launched its $500m borrowing into general syndication, after attracting six banks in the senior phase.

Two Chinese real estate companies sold sub-one year bonds on Thursday, raising $350m between them.

French engineering company Vallourec has launched its €300m rights issue, a crucial part of its restructuring, which will help return its balance sheet to a sustainable footing, but leave Apollo and Strategic Value Partners, creditors of the firm, as the largest shareholders.

Parts Holding Europe, the French vehicle component distributor, postponed its attempts to list on the Paris Stock Exchange on Wednesday, making it the latest in a long line of companies to have to pull a deal. The initial public offering market has been volatile for some time, but there is a growing feeling that it is becoming ever harder to get deals done.

Carlyle’s credit opportunities fund has provided a full €400m unitranche financing for Infront, after the Swiss sports marketing company opted to switch tracks from its original syndicated loan, launched in April.

Indian company Tata Motors' subsidiary TML Holdings has printed its largest dollar bond so far, raising $425m at a low yield.

Loans bankers focused on Vietnam have had to quickly adapt their syndication strategy for deals from the country amid a new surge in Covid-19 cases. Their approaches have differed: while some banks are charging ahead with transactions, others are opting to delay deals. Pan Yue reports.

French engineering company Vallourec has unveiled plans for a €300m rights issue to help return its balance sheet to a sustainable footing, following a recovery in the oil industry after the slump in demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

A HK$2bn ($257.9m) loan to support a CVC Capital Partners-led consortium’s privatisation of Hong Kong fashion retail firm I.T has been launched into general syndication.

Philippine company SMC Global Power Holdings Corp returned to the dollar bond market for the first time this year on Wednesday, meeting strong-enough demand to boost the size of its deal and offer just a small premium.