Agricultural Bank of China

Swissport has announced a technical default on several of its senior debt facilities, after “becoming aware” that its owner, HNA, the Chinese private equity group, had pledged shares in it as collateral for another loan.

Aluminum Corp of China, Peking University Founder Group, Beijing Enterprises Holdings and Singapore’s Oxley Holdings all walked away with new bonds on Wednesday, wrapping up a blockbuster issuance week ahead of Easter.

Bank of China, CCB Life Insurance and Citic Securities kicked off investor meetings and calls this week, in pursuit of Reg S deals.

China Reinsurance (Group) Corp and China Cinda Asset Management Co ventured out on a busy Thursday with their respective five year prints that saw investors stand firmly by their sides. The two took a combined $3.8bn.

Activity is trickling back into Asia ECM as bankers return to their desks post Chinese New Year, with several Hong Kong IPOs looking to start pre-marketing and a Thai name testing investor appetite.

Barratt Developments, the UK home builder, has lengthened the tenor of a revolving credit facility by two years.

The Export-Import Bank of China raised Rmb1bn ($143.8m) from its debut green bond this month, marking the first green debt to be sold by a policy bank in the Mainland.

Property developer Country Garden Holdings has signed a $1.5bn dual currency syndicated loan for general corporate purposes, including prepayment of debt.

The Shanghai Municipal government priced the first free trade zone (FTZ) bond on Thursday, marking the launch of a third bond market in China.

CSC Financial Co has priced Asia's last jumbo IPO of 2016, selling shares in its Hong Kong listing in the middle of expectations to raise HK$7.7bn ($992.5m).

China’s Shougang Corp and ABC International were among the mix of five bond offerings by Asian issuers on Wednesday in the offshore bond market.

Asia’s debt capital markets opened with a bang on Wednesday with five issuers fighting for attention. Investors have plenty of choice including a euro deal and a trio of dollar offerings from Chinese FIG and corporate names.