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Agrochemicals company UPL Corp is set to be the first Indian company to raise a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) amid growing appetite for the product in Asia. The $500m deal will offer banks in the region a rare opportunity to participate in a syndicated deal from the asset class. Pan Yue reports.

US corporate bond bankers have shrugged off concerns that the steepening of the US Treasury curve could spell problems for credit, after the 10 year yield closed at 1.29% on Wednesday and the 30 year broke though 2%.

Thai Union Group, a seafood producer, has raised its first sustainability-linked loan of Bt12bn ($401m)-equivalent from the Thai and Japanese markets.

Singapore’s ride hailing start-up Grab Holding has further increased the size of its term loan B to $2bn following solid traction in the US market.

Tesco, the UK grocer, made a storming debut in the nascent sustainability-linked bond market on Wednesday, encouraging bankers who already expect corporate issuance using the novel structure to rocket this year.

Tesco, the UK grocer, made a storming debut in the sustainability-linked bond market on Wednesday, encouraging bankers who already expect corporate issuance using the novel structure to rocket this year.

Singaporean ride-hailing company Grab Holdings has boosted the size of its term loan B after receiving a strong response from the market, setting the stage for more Asian start-up firms to head to the US for financing.

Tesco has mandated banks for a debut sustainability-linked bond (SLB) from its freshly printed framework. The UK supermarket chain also joins the growing ranks of issuers taking advantage of low interest rates by launching a simultaneous liability management exercise.

MUFG Bank (Hong Kong) has appointed Lin Li as head of global markets research for Asia.

BMW Automotive Finance (China) Co has sold its first auto loan ABS of 2021, locking in longer-dated financing with a 14 month revolver. The deal added to a strong start for the onshore securitization market in the New Year as bond yields fell from their highs at the end of 2020, writes Addison Gong.

The prickly start to the year continued in Europe’s corporate bond market on Wednesday, as hybrid issues for Spanish toll road firm Abertis Infraestructuras and German oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea received opposite reactions from investors.

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market is showing no signs of slowing down, with new issues again breezing through fair value.