Mizuho

China raised a combined $6bn from a four tranche transaction on Wednesday, turning to US investors for the first time despite rising tensions between the two countries. It appeared a smart move, helping the bonds price well inside fair value. Morgan Davis reports.

Woori Bank is preparing to make its Kangaroo bond debut, choosing the market to launch its first Covid-19 response bond.

Crossover credit Inwit showed that the return of risk demand is still going strong this week, with the Italian wireless infrastructure company drumming up €3.7bn of demand for its trade.

JSW Steel sold a $500m bond on Monday, but the issuer paid some 30bp of premium to close the trade.

Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel made its annual visit to the Samurai bond market this week, raising ¥63.6bn ($600m) across three tranches in a senior preferred format.

Europe’s high grade corporate issuers secured another day of bulging order books on Wednesday, as concerns about scant primary supply to come washed away investor jitters about a collapsed $2.2tr fiscal stimulus deal in the US.

Export-Import Bank of Thailand priced its $350m bond inside fair value on Tuesday, riding on its scarcity value in the international market, as well as a reasonably slow week for deal flow in Asia.

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries has made a quick return to the loan market, raising a $1bn facility to refinance a bond maturing later this month.

Argenta Spaarbank announced plans for a new non-preferred senior deal on Monday, as it looks to take advantage of the supportive tone set by other rare borrowers last week.

National Bank of Greece (NBG) has become the lowest rated bank to issue green debt, after winning two times as much demand as it needed for a €500m senior bond on Thursday. The trade formed part of a flurry of green issuance in the FIG market, alongside new deals from Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel and Mizuho Financial Group.

Japan Tobacco lit up the corporate market on Wednesday with its debut euro hybrid. The borrower built an order book six times the deal size, despite some parts of the market claiming that investors are shunning the sector.

Aareal Bank sold the first bank bond in euros for a week on Wednesday, offering encouragement to other issuers who have remained stuck in the pipeline.