Standard Chartered
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Canara Bank raised an additional $200m after tapping an outstanding bond on Wednesday, bringing the total size of its August 2022 note to $600m. -
Standard Chartered has named Abrar Anwar as the new chief executive of its Malaysian business.
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The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah Rakbank has closed its debut syndicated loan for $350m with 22 banks.
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India’s Canara Bank opened a tap on its existing 2022s on Wednesday, looking to add to the $400m deal.
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Like most foreign banks in the Chinese securitization market, Standard Chartered has focused on doing business with foreign originators. But now it wants to compete more directly with local underwriters by entering the growing asset-backed notes (ABN) market, Wesley Yang, the bank’s head of financial markets for China, told GlobalRMB.
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Reliance Industries’ telecommunication arm Reliance Jio Infocomm is in talks with banks to refinance a two-tranche loan raised in late 2014.
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Nearly three months without Masala bond issuance has left investors hungry. But Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency gave investors something healthy to chew on this week — using the structure to sell a Rp19.5bn ($297m) green bond.
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Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) managed to capture the last window before China’s Golden Week holiday to price a $800m senior perpetual bond. Malaysia’s Yinson Holdings had a similar idea, selling a $100m perp.
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Asia’s green finance story is not just about China and India. Although the US has threatened to pull out of the Paris Agreement, southeast Asia has reiterated its commitment to sustainability. As Morgan Davis reports, that is beginning to be felt in its financial markets, where countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia are exploring ways to foster green financing.
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Turkey’s state-owned Ziraat Bank on Monday morning took orders of $1.25bn to print its second senior trade of the year in what bankers said was a notably softer market.
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Standard Chartered was back in the euro senior market after a near three year absence this week, picking up its first callable bonds after targeting slightly longer tenors for the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
