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Record low coupons should give way to new pricing methods in the additional tier one market

Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development Public Co has cancelled its mega loan for the acquisition of Intouch Holdings after the tender offer result fell short of expectations, dealing a blow to Asia’s syndication market.

Standard Chartered opened books for a dollar additional tier one (AT1) bond on Tuesday, pairing the new issue with an early tender for its perpetual non-call April 2022 note.

Tianjin Great Wall Binyin Automotive Finance Co has continued its foray into the internationally rated ABS market since its first such deal onshore over a year ago, returning for a Rmb3.2bn ($494m) transaction at the end of last week.

China’s securitization market was bustling with deals this week. Toyota Motor Finance (China) Co followed Beijing Hyundai Auto Finance Co to launch a Rmb5bn ($774m) auto loan ABS deal, with two more transactions also in the works.

Gemdale Corp reopened the bond market for high yield Chinese property companies on Thursday with a $480m green deal that landed at fairly 'aggressive' levels.

Bank of China took its pivot away from Libor-linked bonds further this week by selling a dollar note tied to the secured overnight financing rate (Sofr) and a sterling-denominated deal that was the first Sonia-linked bond from a Chinese issuer. While BOC’s transaction was important, bankers say the new benchmarks are still slow to take off in Asia. Morgan Davis reports.

China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) found strong support for its $550m 10 year bond, defying initial concerns around volatility in longer tenors.

The rarity value of financial deals from Thailand allowed Kasikornbank to raise $350m from an additional tier one bond at a negative new issue premium on Tuesday.

Chinese online travel agency Tongcheng-Elong Holdings is making its debut in the offshore loan market for $200m.

Louis Dreyfus Co Asia has become the latest commodities company to tap the debt market, seeking a $450m sustainability-linked loan that is being widely syndicated.

Standard Chartered has launched an apprenticeship programme that is open to school leavers without academic qualifications as it seeks to bring more diversity to financial markets.