Nomura
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International Finance Corporation introduced the Kauri market to green bonds on Thursday, after opening books on a socially responsible New Zealand dollar note with a NZ$100m ($75.2m) minimum size. -
European Investment Bank launched a lengthy climate awareness bond in Kangaroo format on Monday, as appetite grows for green issuance in the Australian dollar bond market.
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Asian Development Bank added a A$60m ($47.7m) clip to its 15 year Australian dollar bond on Wednesday, as demand grows for Kangaroo paper beyond 10 years.
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A pair of three year prints in dollars provoked very different reactions from GC BondMarker voters in the second quarter. Read on to find out more in this week’s BondMarker round-up, which looks at the most notable dollar deals of the last quarter.
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The Province of Alberta on Wednesday passed its first bond market test since suffering a double downgrade from S&P in May. Bankers away from the trade said it was a “good outcome”, despite having to pay a bit of concession — unlike most other dollar deals over the last few weeks.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank exited its stake in India’s Reliance Capital on Tuesday through a Rp4.6bn ($71m) overnight share sale, more than two years after the pair inked a strategic partnership.
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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) sold its fifth dual tranche of the year on Tuesday, gaining plaudits as it added €1.5bn to a line that bankers said came under secondary market pressure when launched in February.
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Chong Hing Bank raised $360m on Monday from Asia’s first Basel III compliant tier two dollar bond of the year, benefiting from the rarity of the structure in the region’s dollar market.
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Investors gave Kyobo Life Insurance Co a warm welcome as it debuted in the market on Monday with the first dollar bond from a South Korean life insurance company.
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China’s ENN Energy Holdings grabbed a $600m bond on Monday, as investors ate up the credit given its three year hiatus from the international debt market.
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The European Financial Stability Facility will on Tuesday fill a gap in the 10 year area of its curve and pour some liquidity into the ultra-long end, after hiring banks on Monday for a dual tranche deal. The supranational will also likely be hoping for a repeat of its last dual tranche trade, which took a hefty €6bn chunk out its €14.5bn funding target for the third quarter.
