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Five real estate companies from Greater China made their way into the dollar bond market on Thursday, appealing to investors with short tenors and juicy new issue premiums. -
CLP Power Hong Kong's latest $300m bond offered a rare bit of stability in a volatile market, making the well-established borrower popular with investors — but only for the right price.
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Chinese state-owned enterprise Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group Co has returned to the offshore market for the first time in nearly seven years to print a $500m bond.
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Private equity firm Blackstone is raising $1.1bn to support its purchase of a stake in Indian IT company Mphasis. The deal is set to be the largest leveraged buyout loan in the country — and comes with a group of 13 bookrunners at the top. Pan Yue reports.
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Commodities company Trafigura’s Singapore arm is making its annual return to the Asian loan market, this time opting for a sustainability-linked facility.
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Chint Solar, a Chinese photovoltaic module supplier, is making its debut in the offshore market for a dual currency green loan.
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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co has managed to slice the margin and fees on a $500m comeback to the loan market.
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The London branch of South African lender Investec has successfully debuted in the sustainability-linked syndicated loan market.
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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan returned to the bond market on Wednesday, raising $1bn in a triple part tap of its existing dollar bonds. Market participants say they are ‘impressed’ with the way reforms are headed in the South Asian country amid its International Monetary Fund programme.
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A recent lull in dollar bond supply from Indian corporations meant investors rushed to buy REC’s $400m deal on Tuesday, with the electricity company leveraging the demand to price inside of fair value.
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Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) leaned on a large syndicate team to sell a dual-currency bond that was mainly bought by other Chinese banks.
