Standard Chartered
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Bank of China’s Singapore branch raised $600m from a three year floating rate bond on Thursday, marking the lender’s second issuance this year supporting the Chinese government’s Belt and Road initiative. -
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka wowed investors with its new 10 year outing, securing a massive $11bn order book for a $1.5bn deal.
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Anglo-Swiss commodity trading and mining company Glencore closed a $7.3bn one year revolving credit line on Wednesday.
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An inaugural deal from second tier Turkish lender Fibabanka on Wednesday offered further proof that concerns over the country’s political direction have failed to dampen investor confidence in its banks.
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Volkswagen Finance (China) is returning to the ABS market with its Rmb4.5bn ($652.66m) Driver China six, having sold three auto ABS in the Mainland last year.
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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka opened books for a new dollar offering on Thursday, braving a quiet week in Asia's debt capital markets.
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Fibabanka emerged with pricing on Wednesday for the first Turkish tier two bond since last month’s constitutional reform referendum.
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New deals from the Middle East are beginning to flow. Saudi Arabia's International Company for Water and Power Projects (ACWA Power) opened books on a conventional amortising note on Tuesday, as Saudi Electricity Co (Seco) and Oman Electricity Transmission line up sukuk trades.
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As capital outflows subside, Chinese regulators could reopen two important channels of outbound investment this year, according to the new report from Standard Chartered and Z-Ben Advisors.
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As many look on in horror at Turkey’s slide towards autocracy, investors are showing few qualms by piling into the country’s debt. State-owned Ziraat Bank was able to cut through political noise to print with no new issue premium this week. But lower rated banks are lining up to test just how far this demand extends down the ratings scale.
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On Thursday night, Nomura launched the sale of a 1.6% stake in Standard Chartered, the UK emerging markets-focused lender, through an accelerated bookbuild led by Barclays.
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China Huarong Asset Management Co sold a $3.4bn-equivalent six-tranche bond in US dollars and Singapore dollars on April 20. The transaction featured many firsts for the issuer, and was part of its efforts to normalise its debt curve.
