Standard Chartered
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Coats, the UK industrial thread producer, has signed a $360m loan, adding environmental, social and governance metrics to its bank debt for the first time. -
The global head of bond syndicate at Standard Chartered has been placed at risk of redundancy. The bank will divide his responsibilities between two other positions, one of which was vacated just last week.
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Hong Kong-listed ESR Cayman, a logistics real estate company, has raised a $400m dual-tranche borrowing.
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Ping An International Financial Leasing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China’s Ping An Group, is casting a wide net for its $500m loan comeback, in a bid to diversify its financing sources — and its banking relationships.
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New Development Bank will become the first issuer to hit the dollar market this week, announcing a five year benchmark, the proceeds of which will fund sustainable development activities and emergency support loans to its member countries.
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Equate Petrochemical, the petrochemical producer part-owned by Kuwait, has laid plans to re-enter the international debt markets after less than a year since its last outing. The mandate comes just days after the IMF warned Kuwait to undergo fiscal consolidation after its economy shrank last year.
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China Construction Bank Corp turned to the bond market on Thursday to sell a $2.4bn equivalent multi-currency transaction, with each tranche carrying a socially responsible investment (SRI) label. But recent volatility in the region’s credit market, and the issuer’s own ‘ambiguous’ approach to the trade, posed challenges.
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Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Auto Finance Co made its first appearance in China’s auto loan ABS market since 2017 this week, sealing a Rmb2.201bn ($336m) deal amid rising demand for proprietary brand vehicles after a plunge in sales in recent years.
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Alan Roch, Standard Chartered's head of bond syndication for Asia, has resigned after about three years at the bank.
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Guotai Junan Securities Co faced a choppy market backdrop to price a $500m bond on Wednesday, becoming one of only a handful of Chinese issuers to head offshore this week.
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South Korean issuer Hanwha Solutions Corp debuted in offshore renminbi (CNH) on Tuesday, pricing a Rmb1bn ($153m) green bond that benefitted from a guarantee from the Asian Development Bank’s Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility.
