Standard Chartered
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Turkish lender Akbank is in the syndicated loan market with its debut ESG deal, according to sources. The bank has been able to tighten pricing on the refinancing, meaning that it has enough competitively priced funding for it not to need to come to the bond market. -
Indian Railway Finance Corp postponed its dual-tranche dollar bond offering on Monday when faced with a volatile market backdrop that ‘bamboozled’ the banks running the deal.
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Rising oil prices will boost economic growth across the Middle East, possibly reducing reliance on capital markets funding. But the immediate concern for markets will be the path of interest rates.
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Genius Auto Finance Co priced its first auto ABS outing of the year under the Generation series on Thursday. It sold the senior class A1 tranche of the Rmb4.7bn ($726.8m) transaction at a negative spread to the onshore pricing benchmark and inside a comparable trade from this week.
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On Wednesday, the Emirate of Sharjah sold a $1.25bn dual tranche bond. Though the issuer conceded that market conditions were not "perfect", given sustained volatility in US Treasuries, this week’s deal allowed the state to extend its credit curve.
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Mamoura Diversified Global Holding, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investment vehicle, launched a euro bond on Thursday. Issuers with access to and a need for both currencies, investors said, will find a haven in the euro market while volatility in dollar yields continues.
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Huadong Medicine seeks $150m debut — Indomobil revs up $200m club — PLN delays loan — Jih Sun plans April syndication
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Arab Petroleum Investment Corp, the multilateral development bank headquartered in Saudi Arabia, returned to the capital markets to tap a bond it issued just last month. The dollar note saw a notable tightening in pricing.
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Toyota Motor Finance (China) Co has sealed the senior tranches of its auto ABS deal at negative spreads to onshore benchmarks thanks to strong backing from Japanese investors, putting the post-Chinese New Year securitization market on strong footing.
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The Emirate of Sharjah is sounding out investors for a dollar bond syndication, just months after its last issue. Some investors, however, said they were wary that the issuer was on the cusp of becoming a sub-investment grade credit.
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Mamoura Diversified Global Holding, an Abu Dhabi sovereign investment vehicle, has mandated banks to sound out interest for a euro bond. The mandate follows a week of issuance in the currency from other CEEMEA borrowers.
