Standard Chartered

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South Korean retail giant Lotte Shopping Co snapped up $300m on Wednesday from its first bond in five years, defying geopolitical tensions and negative headlines around the Lotte Group to price at a tight spread.

KEB Hana Bank is selling its first-ever US dollar-denominated, dual-listed Formosa bond on Thursday, taking bids for floating rate bond with a five year tenor.

Hong Kong financial investment firm Sun Hung Kai & Co is in the market with a guaranteed Reg S dollar bond, to be issued by a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Volkswagen Finance (China) is preparing to hit the securitization market for the second time this year, only three months after its last transaction. But while the new deal retains some of the key features from VW’s last one, it will be notably smaller, raising only Rmb3.66bn ($554m).

Indian company Srei Equipment Finance is seeking an up to $150m five year loan from the offshore market.

The Hong Kong subsidiary of Lotte Shopping Co, the retail unit of South Korea’s Lotte Group, kicked open the quiet primary bond market on Wednesday with its first dollar outing in five years.

A former Goldman Sachs banker has decided to come out of retirement to join Standard Chartered in a senior management position.

Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai & Co is courting investors this week for a new dollar bond offering.

China Great Wall Asset Management stumbled into secondary trading late on Friday after its new dollar deal hit delays due to confusion over coupon payment dates.

China Great Wall Asset Management attempted to reopen the Asian dollar debt market on Thursday with a triple tranche offering after a typhoon shutdown the market on Wednesday.

Hisense (Hong Kong) Co, a unit of electronic goods maker Hisense Co, has rolled out its maiden offshore syndicated loan with two mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.