Northeast Asia

The Schuldschein market's heavy reliance on car industry borrowers means the prospects of trade wars affecting the sector are worrying investors and arrangers alike.

State-owned China Merchants Port Holdings Co (CMP) closed a $1.5bn dual-tranche transaction on Monday, attracting a final order book of $8bn. The deal put an end to a months-long drought of 10 year supply by Chinese issuers.

Taiwan Cement Corp has raised $549m from an overnight Global Depositary Shares sale after exercising part of the greenshoe and pricing at the low end.

South Korea’s Woori Bank returned to the debt market on Monday, raising $300m from a Basel III-compliant tier two bond.

State-owned China National Building Material has kicked off its debut syndication through three bookrunners, seeking $160m from the fundraising.

Bank of China Macau branch is providing a $700m loan to back Chinese alternative asset management firm CDH Investment’s acquisition of Sirtex Medical, according to a source close to the situation.

When China Tower launched its Hong Kong IPO last week, it abandoned a long tradition of state-owned enterprises relying on cornerstone tranches for a major chunk of distribution. It was a bold move. Later this week, we will know whether it was a smart one.

BeiGene had covered books for its HK$7.3bn ($933m) IPO in Hong Kong by Tuesday morning, just two days after the deal hit screens.

Hot on the heels of China Tower’s $9bn Hong Kong IPO, another state-owned giant is planning a bumper share sale in the city.

Ford's Chinese auto lending subsidiary is selling a Rmb4bn ($587.1m) securitization in the renminbi market later this week, coming to the market a fortnight after Nissan. The originator is deploying the fixed-and-floating combo used by Nissan — a tactic which will help the company broaden its investor base, say bankers.

Asian bond issuers are ready to continue the success they enjoyed last week, unveiling dollar transactions in a market that appears to have received a new lease of life. But bankers still express doubts about how long the good times will continue.

Dollar bonds from Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) are experiencing a sharp rebound in the secondary market, after months of trading under water.