BOC Aviation flies with $400m bond
BOC Aviation followed Singapore Airlines into the bond market this week, bagging $400m amid a boost in sentiment around the travel industry.
PTT Oil fixes price range for jumbo Thai IPO
PTT Oil and Retail Business has set the price guidance for its long-awaited IPO. It is aiming to raise up to Bt46.98bn ($1.57bn) from the country’s largest listing in a year.
Innovent Bio, Man Wah tap ECM for fresh funds
Innovent Biologics and Man Wah Holdings raised a combined HK$7.1bn ($916.3m) in fresh equity on Thursday night.
ONGC Videsh ditches general syndication plan
ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas arm of India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has decided to cancel general syndication for its $700m loan after the bookrunners found enough liquidity during a senior stage.
Greater China borrowers swarm dollar market
The frenetic pace of dollar bond issuance from Greater China continued on Thursday as three property companies and two government linked names courted investors.
Lat Am storms back with Thursday quartet
Four heavily oversubscribed Latin American new issues fetched tight pricing on Thursday, dispelling the unease felt at the week’s start and putting the region firmly on track to fulfil the predictions of record primary volumes for a January.
Colombia to stay local for green debut, plots govvie ETF, social bond
Colombia tapped international bond markets for the first time since June this week. But its domestic bond market — which is 25% owned by foreign investors — could be in for a busier year, as the sovereign is set to turn to pesos for its debut green bond in July. It is also laying the…
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CEEMEA ‘underwhelming’ though high yield issuers take front stage
Junk-rated emerging market sovereigns Benin and Oman sold bonds this week, with market participants saying their new issue premiums were minimal. However, bankers think total activity across CEEMEA over the last two weeks has been “underwhelming”.
SURE programme poses questions for CEE DMOs
After a record-breaking year for sovereign bond issuance in central and eastern Europe, 2021 could be a different story, thanks to the European Union’s vast economic support packages that could reduce the need for many CEE countries to tap international bond markets. Mariam Meskin reports.
Energean takes $700m loan to get Karish gas pumping
Energean, the London-listed oil and gas company, has signed a $700m loan to develop a gas field off the shore of Israel, as the company enters the final stretch in having the field up and running.