Standard Chartered
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Standard Chartered sailed into uncharted waters on Tuesday to make its Kangaroo debut. The bank issued A$1bn ($700m) across fixed and floating rate tranches, following Barclays' A$800m return to the currency last week. -
Country Garden seeks second borrowing in six months – UAF taps two banks for HK$1.6bn – Deutsche arranges $190m for Shangshi – Pakistan sovereign deal open – Malakoff woos banks to refi – IRFC pulls into Samurai market
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Standard Chartered debut sustainability bond was nearly seven times subscribed this week after socially responsible investors embraced a deal that gave opportunities to make impacts in emerging, rather than developed, markets.
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Investors embraced the duration offered by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone this week, snapping up its $750m trade and pushing the order book to a hefty peak of $4.5bn.
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Sean Hanafin has moved to supply chain finance firm Greensill as vice-chair.
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United Asia Finance, a personal loan provider in Hong Kong, is seeking a HK$1.6bn ($205m) borrowing in syndication.
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Standard Chartered raised S$750m ($554m) from a Basel III-compliant additional tier one deal on Tuesday, boosting its capital ratio after a consolidation of its operations in Singapore this year. The bank’s strong Asia links helped it achieve better funding arbitrage compared to some of its European peers.
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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka made a quick return to the dollar market on Monday, raising $2bn just a few months after sealing a larger $2.4bn offering.
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Fosun International has raised a larger-than-expected $700m to help fund a tender offer that will close next week, while Kaisa Group Holdings was in and out of the market with a $500m tap of two existing bonds.
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Standard Chartered is expected to launch its first sustainability bond on Tuesday, having picked banks to arrange a deal that will mark its first entry into the public euro market since September 2017.
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Investors swarmed Philippine National Bank’s (PNB) $750m bond sale, as they sought out diversity in a market overrun with Chinese paper.
