Standard Chartered
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The surge in dollar bond issuance from Asia ex-Japan continued unabated at the tail end of last week, with three issuers selling $1.1bn of deals on Friday. -
China’s Alibaba Group Holding, which wowed the debt market three years ago with the largest G3 bond on record from Asia ex-Japan, is preparing for a comeback, mandating banks for its upcoming dollar outing.
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China Construction Bank Corp launched a triple-tranche dollar deal on Monday through its Hong Kong branch.
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Turkish banks Garanti and Finansbank have signed their last refinancing loans of the year, for $1.36bn and $780.05m, respectively.
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Volkswagen Finance (China) wrapped up its third asset-backed securities (ABS) deal on Friday, raising Rmb3.5bn ($531.8m). The company was forced to extend bookbuilding into a second day amid rising bond yield in the Chinese market.
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Kingboard Chemical Holdings took out HK$5.5bn ($704.4m) from the syndicated loan market this week, after bringing in nine banks as bookrunners on top of the two original lead banks.
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Tata Motors’ £640m ($839m) refinancing has been launched into general syndication after the senior phase was completed this month.
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Nigeria issued a dual tranche 10 and 30 year Eurobond this week that traded up between two and three cash points, as emerging markets (EM) assets recovered after a recent wobble.
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UBS has named a top executive in Zurich to take over as its India country head from next year, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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Centratama Telekomunikasi Indonesia has launched a triple-tranche $390m financing into general syndication through two mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.
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Greatship (India) and Sino Horizon Holdings are in the market with their latest financings, each offering three ticket levels.
