Standard Chartered
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Reliance Industries is tapping the Japanese yen market as part of a $1.5bn dual-currency loan syndication. -
LG Chem, the chemical and battery producing arm of South Korean group LG, launched its first euro and dollar bonds this week, after a long sojourn in the won market. All three tranches, which were also green bonds, were heavily oversubscribed.
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The Arab Republic of Egypt on Thursday printed a €2bn dual tranche euro deal with a massive negative new issue premium of 22bp on the longer bond — one of the largest ever negative concessions on an EM issue. The deal takes Standard Chartered to the top of Dealogic’s league table of CEEMEA bonds, though it is a title to be only briefly held as the Saudi Aramco jumbo bond is expected next week, which other banks are arranging.
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The Arab Republic of Egypt has released initial price guidance for its dual tranche euro bond at levels that two lead managers said were around 40bp back of its curve.
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Mauritius Commercial Bank has raised a new dual tranche $800m loan after receiving commitments of over $1bn. The deal was welcomed by bankers as one of the few new money financings in the market.
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First Abu Dhabi Bank printed a rare three year floating rate note on Tuesday inside its fixed rate curve. Investors flocked to the deal as a “risk-free” way to park cash, according to a syndicate official on the deal.
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China's New Century Real Estate Investment Trust is tapping onshore and offshore loan markets for its latest deal.
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Deutsche Bank has promoted Haitham Ghattas to co-head of its financing and solutions group in Asia Pacific, following Jake Gearhart’s relocation to the US.
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China’s Jiuquan Iron & Steel (Group) Co, or Jisco for short, was able to find enough demand on Tuesday to cover its first international bond — a deal months in the making — raising $300m.
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Singapore agricultural commodity company Olam International and its wholly owned subsidiary Olam Treasury have raised the firm's first loan where its funding costs are linked to the digitisation of the company.
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Two Malaysian state-backed funds, Employees Provident Fund and Permodalan Nasional Berhad, have raised a £1.5bn ($1.96bn) three year bullet loan to support their acquisition of part of the Battersea Power Station development in London.
