Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered's head of financial markets and financial market sales for continental Europe, Stephan Schrameier, is no longer with the bank.

China Aoyuan Group’s attempt to woo investors to its $200m bond with a generous yield fell flat on Tuesday. Recent concerns about the property developer’s leverage, and the subsequent fall of its dollar bonds in the aftermarket, held investors back from the new deal — and caused a further spiral in secondary. Morgan Davis reports.

Snus tobacco and match producer Swedish Match has made a rare stop in the euro bond market to issue its first offshore deal of the year. Elsewhere, QNB Finance and First Abu Dhabi visited a pair of niche currencies.

Turkey's Akbank launched a dollar sustainable bond on Tuesday, just months after it raised its first ESG-linked syndicated loan.

Turkey launched a June 2026 dollar sukuk on Tuesday, which some market participants believe is set to come "cheap" as the sovereign looks to extend its curve in the asset class.

Bayfront Infrastructure Management has sold the world's first public sustainability securitization deal that was part of a rare project finance trade. Its chief executive tells GlobalCapital Asia that this is unlikely to be its last.

Turkey has re-entered the debt capital markets with the intention of selling a Sharia-compliant bond, a sukuk. The proposed deal, which some say could come at a premium, was announced just days after Saudi Aramco achieved an enormous order book on its debut sukuk.

Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co used a sustainability label for its new $500m three year bond.

A brace of sukuk trades from the Gulf this week racked up enormous order books, demonstrating the voracious demand for Sharia-compliant paper. With a hungry investor base, sukuk issuance is expected to grow, despite some "teething problems".

Agricultural Bank of China sold a multi-currency deal through its Hong Kong branch this week, raising $1.322bn.

South Korea's KEB Hana Bank found a stronger response than expected for its sustainability bond this week, allowing it to raise $600m.

WH Group has turned to banks for about $1.25bn to fund a share buy-back, as the world’s largest pork company takes advantage of attractive market conditions to raise a new loan. Unlike its acquisition fundraising eight years ago, which received plenty of criticism and pushback from lenders, the market’s response this time around is different — despite some initial confusion, writes Pan Yue.