KDB snaps up $1bn with tight pricing strategy
Korea Development Bank raised $1bn from a dual-tranche offering on Tuesday, achieving the tightest spread for three year and 10 year notes from South Korean issuers since 2008.
View ArticleSSAs squeeze into dollar short end but investors happy to buy
The traditional September funding rush for public sector borrowers is in full gear, with investors showing strong appetite as issuers crammed into the short end of the dollar curve on Wednesday.
View ArticleSIG Combibloc joins Armacell with 'surprising' repricing
SIG Combibloc, the Swiss packaging firm owned by Onex, has launched its second repricing request on its leveraged buyout loans with a lender call scheduled for Thursday morning New York time, as...
View ArticleStanChart names chiefs for Thailand, Philippines
The southeast Asian businesses of Standard Chartered have come into focus recently, with the bank naming new CEOs for its Thailand and Philippine offices.
View ArticleFerrovial’s €500m bond sets off Spanish corporate issuance
Transport infrastructure group Ferrovial on Wednesday returned to the bond market after two years with a €500m note and was followed later in the week by two other Spanish corporates.
View ArticleCrunch time for Sky Vision as all eyes on $225m loan
A long drawn out fundraising for MNC Sky Vision is coming down to the wire after Moody’s downgraded its parent this week, citing refinancing risks. A default could spell more bad news for Indonesian...
View ArticleEris hires European head, opens London office
Eris Exchange, the US-based futures exchange group, has opened a London office and hired a long-serving Barclays banker to oversee the European operations.
View ArticleEM credit drive leaves IG trailing in the dust
Emerging market economic growth managed to hang on to much of its momentum over August, according to the latest release of the IHS Markit Emerging Market Composite PMI index.
View ArticleOlam grabs opportunity to tap 2021s for extra $150m
Olam International returned with a $150m tap of its existing notes this week, managing to find strong demand from fund managers despite ending up with only a modest order book.
View ArticleCaliber markets its second non-QM RMBS deal
Caliber Home Loans is marketing its second non-qualified mortgage (QM) RMBS deal - only the second non-QM deal to be rated following the financial crisis.
View ArticleKeter crafts €790m deal for BC Partners buyout
Israeli plastics manufacturer Keter Plastic has launched its €790m buyout loan package with a bank meeting scheduled for Monday morning in London.
View ArticleAlba confirms Line 6 loan size, pricing revealed
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) revealed on Thursday the pricing for its $1.5bn loan.
View ArticleSGX forms working group after July trading disruption
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has formed a securities industry working group that will look into ways to improve the market, two months after suffering its worst ever trading disruption.
View ArticleRQFII rules relaxed but MSCI challenges remain
The quota system under the RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme has undergone a total revamp, the Chinese regulators announced on September 5. While the rules represent a further...
View ArticleISDA turns its sights on China collateral challenge
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published a document to help market participants navigate the challenges of trading with counterparties in China.
View ArticleBAML, BTMU loans teams lose senior bankers
Two Hong Kong-based loans bankers from Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Asia Pacific debt solutions team have left, while Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ has lost its southeast Asia loans head.
View ArticleCrédit Agricole CIB hires ex-StanChart banker as head of international
Crédit Agricole CIB has hired a ‘head of international’, a new role at the bank’s global markets division. Gene Kim joins from Standard Chartered, and will oversee the markets business in the Americas,...
View ArticleCFTC rift over Japan deriv rules comparability
The US Commodity Trading Futures Commission (CTFC) is divided over derivative rules as it agreed by split vote on Thursday to accept substituted compliance comparability for Japan uncleared margin...
View ArticleCME extends global clearing in HK and Mexico
CME Group has expanded its reach in both Asia and Latin America, with Hong Kong and Mexico recognising the firm as a central counterparty (CCP).
View ArticleCNH Hibor: PBoC bares its teeth again
Renminbi foreign exchange markets were thrust back into the spotlight this week after the offshore renminbi interbank rate jumped. Analysts believe that People Bank of China's (PBoC) interventions are...
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