Nomura
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Standard Chartered has created a new head of bond syndicate position in Asia, tapping Li Chao to the role, according to a bank spokesperson. -
Public sector borrowers tore $10bn of funding from the dollar market on Tuesday, shaving several basis points from initial price thoughts in the process. Only one benchmark is on screens for Wednesday, but SSA bankers expect next week’s run-up to the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president on January 20 will be — in Trump terminology — “huge”.
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Nomura has made two senior hires in Hong Kong, creating new positions in equity sales trading and prime finance, according to separate memos seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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Tuesday’s dollar market is set to be packed to the rafters, with a quartet of issuers out with trades and most of the focus at the five year part of the curve.
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Lloyds Bank tapped the covered bond market for a three year floating rate deal on Monday, the fourth year in a row that it has issued the instrument in early January.
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Investor Access, a platform which allows investors to submit orders for a new bond issue directly into the order book was deployed for the first time last week on a Commonwealth Bank of Australia sterling covered bond. Now work is underway to convince more dealers of the initiative’s worth.
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Hopes that spiralling US Treasury yields could lead to a healthy year for 10 year dollar benchmarks from SSA borrowers took a beating this week when the Asian Development Bank bellyflopped with its own attempted entry. Craig McGlashan reports.
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Four sovereign, supranational and agency borrowers came to market for euros in the opening week of 2017, showcasing the market’s depth and flexibility. But the torrent of supply has meant that issuers haven’t had it all their own way.
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Municipality Finance raised €1bn on Thursday with a short 10 year bond that was, according to head of funding Joakim Holmström, the agency's top priority for the quarter.
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Royal Bank of Canada, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank tapped the sterling covered bond market this week at cheaper levels than they could have achieved in euros and dollars.
