Standard Chartered

Abu Dhabi based real estate company Aldar hit screens on Monday morning with a seven year sukuk, but the deal seems to be relying on heavy support from leads.

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) has selected banks for its first trip to the bond market for five years, angling to refinance a bond maturing next week.

Japan Tobacco took the rare step of issuing corporate bonds in three different currencies on the same day when it sold its debut euro and sterling bond deals alongside a pair of dollar tranches this week. The unusual move proved to be a successful one however, with each tranche at least three times subscribed.

Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) signed its $1.3bn trade finance facility of Thursday, as the company prepares to start funding purchases for the coming harvest.

Chinese policy bank Agricultural Development Bank of China made its first foray into the dollar bond market on a busy Wednesday to raise $700m, alongside a Rmb1.2bn ($175m) return to offshore renminbi.

Islamic Development Bank printed its $1.3bn five year Reg S sukuk on Wednesday inside its own curve.

The National Bank of Oman hit screens on Tuesday, raising $500m of five year paper in a market still hungry for more Middle Eastern supply.

The Islamic Development Bank’s five year sukuk trade appears to be meeting with a warm response, allowing the leads to pull in the spread by several basis points.

In GlobalRMB's Best Bank Awards for China DCM, Standard Chartered wins for ABS and CNH, HSBC takes home the G3 Bond House Award, and Bank of China gets kudos as the Best House for Panda bond issuers.

Securities services was one of the most competitive award categories GlobalRMB had to decide this year. Our awards criteria demanded the near-impossible from participating banks: to beat the competition in the fast-changing China access scheme, while at the same time demonstrating a broad client base and the ability to be at the cutting edge of innovation.

Dubai headquartered ports authority DP World is guiding the market for a 10 year dollar sukuk, a 30 year 144A/Reg S dollar bond, an eight year 144A/Reg S euro bond and a 12 year sterling bond.

National Bank of Oman will sell a new five year benchmark on Tuesday, following a tender offer completed on Monday.