Standard Chartered
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Korea Housing Finance Corp is gearing up to issue its first covered bond in more than two years and is set to meet investors from next week. -
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has tapped the dollar bond market for the second time this year with a $1.5bn transaction. Even though the sovereign had to pay up more than in its May outing, it ended up executing its largest ever bond.
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The syndication timeline for a $145m loan backing the Blackstone Group’s acquisition of some Indian assets has been pushed back.
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The Kenyan government will launch into general syndication a loan that could raise $750m in the next couple of weeks, according to a lead banker.
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Angola’s national oil company Sonangol launched its $1bn loan into general syndication last week, after offering the deal to senior lenders in August.
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OUE Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit), which is looking for a S$360m ($258m) three year loan to fund acquisitions, has launched the deal into general syndication.
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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is out in the dollar bond market for the second time this year, marketing a new deal on Tuesday. The country has opted for the same format, tenor as the previous deal via the same banks.
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Standard Chartered has decided to exit its equity derivatives and convertible bonds businesses in yet another move by the bank to bolster its performance by withdrawing from non-core operations.
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Bookrunners on a S$192m ($137.8m) loan for Citic Envirotech are sounding out a select group of banks to join the deal in syndication.
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Nigerian banks FCMB and Ecobank are in the market to refinance syndicated loans, although Ecobank comes behind schedule as its loan is about to mature.
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A $500m financing for State Bank of India has launched into general syndication following a senior phase that saw three lenders come in.
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The Republic of Korea has picked six banks for a bond that will include the first renminbi-denominated trade from the sovereign. The RMB portion is highly likely to be issued offshore but there’s also a possibility that the country will attempt to enter the recently reopened Panda market.
