Hong Kong dollar
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Bank of China offered something exciting to the debt market on Thursday by selling green bonds as well as the first sustainability note from a Chinese issuer. -
Chinese alternative investment firm Citic Capital Holdings has approached the loan market for a new HK$2.5bn ($318m) borrowing.
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Chinese footwear brand Belle International is returning to the offshore loan market to amend and extend a borrowing signed last year, as well as to raise funds for dividend recapitalisation.
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China’s Kingboard Chemical Holdings has returned to the offshore loan market for a HK$6bn ($764m) borrowing, less than six months after signing its last syndicated transaction.
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Hong Kong-listed real estate company Agile Property Holdings launched a HK$6bn ($765m) deal to the market last week, wooing lenders with a juicy margin and all-in pricing.
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United Asia Finance, a personal loan provider in Hong Kong, is making a quick return for a HK$1.6bn ($203m) term loan, just two months after sealing its last borrowing.
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Hong Kong-listed Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company, a waste-to-energy provider, is seeking a $150m-equivalent borrowing denominated in Hong Kong dollars.
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A pair of supranationals helped bolster Hong Kong’s green bond ambitions with some SRI deals this week.
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The World Bank has raised HK$1bn ($127.39m) from its debut green bond denominated in Hong Kong dollars, making it the first supranational issuer to sell a syndicated green bond in the city.
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China Jinmao Holdings has launched a HK$4bn ($509m) loan into syndication through a group of lenders that include the country’s big four state-owned commercial banks.
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BoCom International, the Hong Kong unit of China’s Bank of Communications, has launched a new HK$4bn ($509m) loan into general syndication, just weeks after its Macau unit opened a $500m club-style deal.
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There was a time when Asia’s dollar bond market was just a sideshow to the global market, offering little in the way of excitement, sophistication or innovation. How times change, as Rashmi Kumar finds out.
