Mizuho

Kommunalbanken snagged NZ$500m ($324.5m) on Friday with the second largest Kauri bond of the year. Interest in the New Zealand dollar is high, with NZ$1.1bn worth of SSA Kauri deals printed so far this month — and more are set to follow.

Far East Horizon, a Hong Kong-listed financial services firm, has launched a $1bn loan into general syndication.

Kenneth Lee, a veteran in Asia’s bond market, has left Natixis to take a new job at Mizuho.

Haitong International Securities Group took advantage of a wide open market this week, raising $400m from a three year bond that priced inside fair value after heavy demand from the leads.

Chinese chemical company China National Bluestar (Group) Co raised $500m from a subordinated perpetual bond on Wednesday.

It was another scorching day in Europe’s high grade market on Wednesday following further central bank-created exuberance, as investors piled more than €55bn of orders into deals from across the spectrum of ratings and sectors.

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has returned to the dollar bond market after a six year absence, selling a three-tranche deal that generated $21bn of orders at the peak.

A spate of real estate and government-linked borrowers from Greater China flocked to the dollar bond market on Tuesday.

Europe’s corporate bond market burst into life on Tuesday with more than 10 primary deals on screens, as the US Federal Reserve’s plans to buy individual bonds brushed aside fears of a resurgence of Covid-19.

China Huadian Corp priced a $500m bond on Monday, riding on the improvement in market sentiment to reopen the perpetual market for state-owned enterprises.

Finland’s Municipality Finance returned to the domestic New Zealand dollar bond market on Friday after a long absence, to raise its largest Kauri bond since 2008.

Chinese e-commerce company JD.com is set to raise HK$30.1bn ($3.87bn) from its Hong Kong secondary listing, according to a source familiar with the matter.