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Asia

AAA Oils return for $750m

AAA Oils and Fats, the trading subsidiary of palm oil company Apical, has returned to the loan market with a $750m facility.

Pan Yue, April 30, 2021
Asia

Chinese borrowers get ahead of holiday weekend

Two Chinese government-linked companies raised a combined $600m in the offshore market on Thursday, ahead of the long weekend in China.

Morgan Davis, April 30, 2021
Asia

AC Energy prices $256m follow-on at low end

Philippines-based renewable power producer AC Energy has generated Ps12.4bn ($256.3m) in fresh equity, pricing a sale of new shares at the bottom of the marketed range, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Jonathan Breen, April 30, 2021
SRI

Explosion of clean energy to upend economy, but may not be fast enough

The economic potential of renewable energy is awesome, and should make fossil fuels obsolete by 2050, according to a new study by Carbon Tracker. But despite the compelling cost arguments for renewables, an enormous political effort will still be needed to accelerate their adoption if disastrous climate change is to be avoided.

Jon Hay, April 29, 2021
Corporate Bonds

Spreads shrink close to record lows in US market

US corporate bond issuance slowed to a trickle this week, due to earnings blackouts, leaving the market with $52bn of deals to show for April, a far cry from last year's $234bn at the height of coronavirus safety fundraising.

Jon Hay, April 29, 2021
EM LatAm

LatAm SLB market finds nuance amid maturity, sector diversification

Latin America’s sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market is taking on a life of its own as issuers warm to the structure and tailor it to their own needs. Brazilian cosmetics company Natura was one such company to do just that this week, veering away from the standard 25bp coupon step-up on its SLB debut.

Oliver West, April 29, 2021
SRI

Ignorance is bliss

“What gets measured gets managed,” goes an old saw popular in sustainable finance circles. If companies, investors and banks, the argument says, collect better environmental and social data, this knowledge will naturally breed improvements in performance.

Jon Hay, April 29, 2021
SSA

Digital bond fusion: EIB teams up with Banque to set off atomic reaction

The European Investment Bank strode into the digital capital markets this week with a blockchain bond. While the bond itself was an important milestone, a key achievement of the trade was its use of a digital euro provided by the Banque de France for the cash settlement leg.

Lewis McLellan, April 29, 2021
Senior Debt

FIG bond market to host Greek revival

Greek banks are making the most of exuberant conditions in the financial markets in 2021, with Eurobank spying a golden opportunity to return to the senior FIG bond market this week. The next milestone is the country’s first additional tier one and, having just breezed through an equity raise, Piraeus is a prime candidate to open the market. Frank Jackman and Sam Kerr report.

Frank Jackman, April 29, 2021
SSA

Risk transfer to grow as Covid weighs on EM balance sheets

Structured transactions that transfer risk from banks’ balance sheets are set to grow in emerging markets as their financial systems become more sophisticated and lenders try to deal with losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Multilateral development banks are playing a central role — they aim to stimulate private sector interest, even if sometimes investors resent their involvement. Jon Hay reports.

Jon Hay, April 29, 2021
High grade and crossover bonds

Higher capex points to boom in IG corporate bond supply

Europe’s high grade corporate bond market is set for a glut of supply as companies appear to be loosening the capex purse strings once more. The only debate is about when it will come. With cash piles at near record levels, there is little agreement about when firms will need to fund spending with fresh debt, writes Mike Turner.

Mike Turner, April 29, 2021
Investment Grade Loans

IG corporate market sees volumes ebb and flow as earnings drip out

Issuers piled into Europe’s high grade corporate market on Wednesday but the deal flow had slowed to a dribble by Thursday with many issuers still on earnings blackouts. Investors showed less enthusiasm for the deals that came at the tightest spreads.

Mike Turner, April 29, 2021

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