China Construction Bank

Export-Import Bank of China came to the market with a two-currency, fixed and floating rate transaction on Thursday, snapping up $918m-equivalent. Its outing followed downgrades on China’s sovereign rating and that of the issuer, but buy-side concerns were well contained.

DBS Group Holdings and HSBC Holdings are wooing debt investors, with the former seeking a dollar senior deal, and the latter a Singapore dollar perpetual. The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) is also collecting bids for its fundraising.

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) is set to hold investor calls for a euro fixed rate five year bond and a dollar floating rate three year. India’s Canara Bank, meanwhile, will meet accounts in Asia and Europe for its first dollar outing since 2013.

China Construction Bank sold its first floating rate bond in 20 years this week, pricing in line with its peers while also printing one of the largest deals since 2014. Its rarity value and a quiet primary market worked in its favour.

Beijing Gas Group Company and China Construction Bank (Hong Kong) have opened books for a fixed five year bullet and a three year floater, respectively.

Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co will drum up interest for its $1bn Hong Kong IPO next week, said bankers on the trade.

China Minsheng Banking Corp’s Hong Kong branch sealed a $500m three year fixed rate bond on Thursday — the only FIG issuer in Asia DCM on the day. Market participants reckon the spread was too tight when compared to the secondary levels of China’s big four banks.

China Southern Power Grid Co, China Minsheng Banking Corp and Hong Kong-listed SOCAM Development started taking bids for their respective dollars bonds on Thursday at the Asia open.

Bank of Gansu, a Chinese city commercial lender based in Lanzhou, has hired five banks to jointly sponsor its IPO in Hong Kong, sources said.

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.

CCB Life Insurance Company on Wednesday sold a core tier two subordinated bond under China’s Risk-Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS), becoming only the second issuer to do so. While the offshore market has seen increasing supply from Mainland insurers, the outlook for more core T2 issuance is unclear.

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