Software and Hi-Tech
Huaneng, Sichuan Languang bag new dollar deals

Huaneng, Sichuan Languang bag new dollar deals

Chinese state-owned electricity company China Huaneng Group Co sold two tranches of perpetual bonds on Wednesday, raising $1bn.

Software and Hi-Tech
ECB promises stimulus as Pepp slows to lowest rate

ECB promises stimulus as Pepp slows to lowest rate

The ECB calmed investors’ fears last week promising more stimulus to compensate for pandemic-related shocks. But but despite this, purchasing under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp) has dropped to its slowest rate ever.

Software and Hi-Tech
'The Chinese bid': don’t count on it

'The Chinese bid': don’t count on it

Ask any debt banker in Asia about 'the Chinese bid' and they will tell you how dramatically demand from the country has transformed the dollar bond market. But a handful of recent deals from the

Software and Hi-Tech
Beijing Hyundai test drives revolving structure

Beijing Hyundai test drives revolving structure

Beijing Hyundai Auto Finance decided to try a revolving structure for its Rmb4bn ($597m) return to the asset-backed securitization market in China, getting an around two times subscribed book.

Politics
New Oriental guides HK secondary listing to $1.3bn

New Oriental guides HK secondary listing to $1.3bn

New Oriental Education & Technology Group is set to raise HK$10.1bn ($1.3bn) as it guides investors toward final pricing for its secondary offering in Hong Kong.

Fintech and Finance
China regulates online micro loan market

China regulates online micro loan market

The Chinese central bank and the banking and insurance regulator plan to increase oversight on the booming domestic online micro-lending market, in a bid to curb risks in the sector. The two are also among

Software and Hi-Tech
Indofood wraps up syndication for $2bn acquisition loan

Indofood wraps up syndication for $2bn acquisition loan

Indonesian instant noodle maker Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur has closed syndication of its $2.05bn-equivalent acquisition loan. The allocations are expected to be out in the next few weeks.

Fintech and Finance
Glencore Agri taps Asia for $300m loan

Glencore Agri taps Asia for $300m loan

Commodity trading company Glencore Agriculture is tapping the Asian loan market liquidity. It has invited banks to join a $300m borrowing.

Acquisition agreements
Appraisal and Merger Synergies—Right to a Refund on Prepayments

Appraisal and Merger Synergies—Right to a Refund on Prepayments

Posted by Gail Weinstein, Brian T. Mangino, and Amber Banks (Meek), Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Editor's Note: Gail Weinstein is senior counsel, and Brian T. Mangino and Amber Banks

Oil and Energy
Oil price dive puts private equity billions at risk

Oil price dive puts private equity billions at risk

Private equity investment in the oil and gas sector reached the highest amount in at least a decade last year

Europe
Sovereign green bonds enter mainstream despite Covid-19 hurdles

Sovereign green bonds enter mainstream despite Covid-19 hurdles

Green bonds are becoming the rule, rather than the exception, for Europe’s sovereigns with two more debuts this week. Covid-19 has delayed others from entering the market but the instruments are now well and truly

Software and Hi-Tech
Mizuho jumps the queue

Mizuho jumps the queue

Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group came to the dollar market with a $2bn trade on Tuesday as it jumped ahead of the September funding rush.

Fintech and Finance
SMBC’s covered feat shows it’s time for tougher trades

SMBC’s covered feat shows it’s time for tougher trades

Covered bond issuers were urged to do their toughest covered bond trades in the wake of an outstanding result on Thursday for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, which attracted a deeper and broader range of higher

Downsizing
HSBC wants to take mid-market push beyond UK

HSBC wants to take mid-market push beyond UK

HSBC might be in the middle of a big restructuring, but that isn’t stopping plans to develop mid-market M&A efforts in France, Germany and Asia as well as the UK, writes David Rothnie. The bank

IPO
Investors fill up on billion-dollar Yum China IPO

Investors fill up on billion-dollar Yum China IPO

Fast food franchise operator Yum China Holdings is cooking a multi-billion-dollar secondary offering in Hong Kong. It is the latest deal in a growing trend that bankers expect will bring more US-listed Chinese companies to

Manufacturing and Industrial
Xinyi Solar, Venus Medtech succeed in HK sales

Xinyi Solar, Venus Medtech succeed in HK sales

Solar glass manufacturer Xinyi Solar Holdings raised HK$2.7bn ($343.5m) on Wednesday, after boosting the size of a primary share sale.

Fintech and Finance
SMBC set to issue its first negative yielding covered bond

SMBC set to issue its first negative yielding covered bond

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation sent a positive signal to hesitant Asian covered bond issuers on Thursday when it was set to price its first negative yielding covered bond, attracting a deeper and broader scale of

Downsizing
Beijing Infra ditches keepwell for tight guaranteed bond

Beijing Infra ditches keepwell for tight guaranteed bond

Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co used a direct guarantee structure for its dollar bond return instead of a keepwell agreement, just days after keepwell deals sold by Peking University Founder Group were not recognised in a

Software and Hi-Tech
BOSCI cuts bond size by half, focuses on tight price

BOSCI cuts bond size by half, focuses on tight price

BOSC International, Bank of Shanghai’s investment bank, took an aggressive approach to pricing its $300m bond on Wednesday. Investors balked at the issuer’s strategy, forcing it to settle for a much smaller deal than planned.

Property
CapitaLand raises Sora, Sofr-linked loan

CapitaLand raises Sora, Sofr-linked loan

Singapore’s property investment company CapitaLand has raised a S$200m ($146m) equivalent bilateral loan linked to both Sora and Sofr, the first of its kind in the country.

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