Standard Chartered

Nigeria’s plans to issue the longest ever sub-Saharan African Eurobond outside of South Africa will be a canary in the coal mine for frontier market issuers looking to extend their curves, according to EM analysts. Virginia Furness reports.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties (DWCP) has put together a three-pronged plan to address problems related to its offshore loans, worth close to $1.5bn. The deal itself is giving lenders enough of a headache. But it has also put the spotlight on other loans guaranteed by onshore parents in China, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.

Barclays is courting Singapore investors on Thursday for a benchmark subordinated Singapore dollar bond.

Singapore’s green bond market cracked open a bit further on Tuesday when Canadian life insurer Manulife Financial Corp sold a S$500m ($367.5m) tier two bond, only the second green deal in the currency.

Fixed-line telecom operator WTT HK priced a $670m bond on Tuesday, with the rare Hong Kong high yield name attracting robust investor interest. Despite a choppy market, the issuer tightened pricing by 37.5bp, and the notes held up well in secondary.

Standard Chartered Bank has hired a DCM banker from Commerzbank to cover Turkish clients.

Union Bank of the Philippines is getting ready to offer international investors some variety as it sets the stage for its first dollar bond since 2004.

Chinese telecom firm Huawei Technologies has launched a $1.2bn five year loan into general syndication.

Fixed-line telecom operator WTT HK, known as Wharf T&T until recently, is taking bids for a five non call three year bond on Tuesday after drumming up interest through a global roadshow.

Canadian insurance company Manulife Financial Corp kicked off a Singapore dollar-denominated subordinated green bond sale on Tuesday morning local time.

Logan Property Holdings and KWG Property Holding, whose joint venture won the bid for a land parcel in Hong Kong in February, have approached lenders for a HK$10bn ($1.28bn) term loan to support the construction of the project, two bankers said this week.

Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties (DWCP) has chalked up a three-pronged plan to address problems related to one of its offshore borrowings. The deal was in danger of being accelerated after the company was downgraded by two credit rating agencies in September.