Mizuho

Bank Muscat is preparing to refinance a $600m loan maturing in April next year and will likely aim to raise the same amount with its new facility, said one banker.

Statoil broke out of the stupour of public holidays on Wednesday with a dual tranche offering that kept up investors’ supply of 20 year paper.

Indomobil Finance Indonesia has returned to the syndicated loan market for a $100m borrowing after a break of nearly one and a half years.

Eurofima, Inter-American Development Bank and International Finance Corporation tapped their 10 year Kangaroo lines this week, raising a total A$180m ($136.8m), as Asian investors looked for yield from the Aussie market.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s Tokyo branch sold a Rmb500m ($73.8m) dim sum bond on Tuesday — the first offshore renminbi Pro-Bond to be sold in Japan. The transaction was a successful attempt at drawing attention from Japanese investors, with the issuer managing to save costs compared to its dollar funding, according to bankers.

The International Finance Corporation tapped a July 2026 Australian dollar bond for A$50m ($38.1m) on Monday. As part of its efforts to increase the minimum size of its 10 year Kangaroo taps from A$20m to A$50m, the IFC found investors to top up an initial A$30m reverse enquiry.

Citic Group has become the first Chinese issuer to tap the Japanese yen market in 16 years, opening the door for borrowers from the mainland to access liquidity in the Samurai market.

Turk Eximbank became the third Turkish borrower to tap the dollar market in less than a week on Tuesday, raising $500m of seven year funding.

Snam visited the euro corporate bond market for the second week in a row on Tuesday, issuing a €500m four year bond and clinching a 0% coupon for the offering.

Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Property Holdings is looking to take advantage of a recent rating upgrade to ready a bond offering.

Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) executed yet another blockbuster $2.5bn trade on Thursday just a few months after printing a deal of the same size. Korea's first four-tranche trade drew a strong response from the market, allowing the policy bank to price inside its existing curve.

Mizuho has hired Jason Fertig as head of healthcare investment banking for North America. Fertig joins from Nomura, where he was co-head of Americas healthcare investment banking.