US equity markets were closed on Monday on account of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. US 10Y Treasury yields rose 14bp to 1.85% over increased expectations of a Fed rate hike in March. European markets closed higher on Monday with the DAX, CAC and FTSE up 0.3%, 0.8% and 0.9% respectively. Brazil’s Bovespa closed 0.5% lower. In the Middle East, UAE’s ADX was 0.15% lower while Saudi TASI was up 0.46%. Asian markets have opened broadly higher – Shanghai, STI and Nikkei are up 0.9%, 0.2% and 0.4% while HSI is down 0.1%. US IG and HY CDS spreads were unchanged, EU Main CDS spreads were 0.5bp wider and Crossover CDS spreads were 1.7bp wider. Asia ex-Japan CDS spreads widened 3.9bp.
China’s economy grew at a slower pace of 4% in Q4, down from 4.9% in Q3 but faster compared to expectations of 3.6%. This was the slowest quarter since Q2 2020 on the back of a meltdown in its property sector, supply chain issues and the pandemic. For the full year 2021, the world’s second largest economy grew 8.1%, the fastest pace in about a decade.
New Bond Issues
- Housing and Development Board S$800mn 7Y bond at 1.971%
- Hyundai Capital Services $ 3.25Y bond at T+110bp area; $ 5Y green bond at T+125bp area
- Guangdong Provincial Communications Group $ 5Y bond at T+120bp area
- Huzhou City Investment Development $ 3Y bond at 3.3% area
- Caofeidian State Holding Investment Group $ 2.9Y bond at 2.2% area
- Jiaozuo Investment $ 364-day bond at 5.5% area
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Sweihan PV Power Company (SPPC) raised $700.8mn via an amortizing green bond with a weighted average life of 15 years at a yield of 3.625%, 25bp inside the initial guidance of 3.875% area. The bonds have expected ratings of Baa1/BBB+ (Moody’s /S&P), and received orders over $1.6bn, 2.3x issue size. The final size came in slightly below the issuer’s target of $728mn. Proceeds will be used to finance expenditures related to the Noor Abu Dhabi solar plant, in line with eligibility criteria as outlined in Sweihan PV’s Green Bond Framework. Sweihan is 60% owned by TAQA, which is 96.8% owned by the Abu Dhabi government. The remaining stake in Sweihan is split equally between Japan’s Marubeni Corp and China’s JinkoSolar.
Chengdu Jingkai Guotou Investment Group raised $200mn via a tap of its 5.3% 2024s at a yield of 5.4%, 40bp inside the initial guidance of 5.8% area. The bonds are rated Ba2 (Moody’s). Proceeds will be used for offshore debt refinancing. The issuer, formerly known as Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone State-owned Assets Investment, is a state-owned housing and infrastructure development entity in the Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone in China’s Sichuan province.
Jinan Zhangqiu Holding raised $105mn via a 364-day bond at a yield of 3.8%, 50bp inside the initial guidance of 4.3% area. The bonds are unrated. Proceeds will be used for offshore debt refinancing. The bonds are issued by Golden Dragon Mountain Trading (BVI) and guaranteed by Jinan Zhangqiu Holding, which is wholly owned by the Zhangqiu Finance Bureau of Zhangqiu district in Jinan city, Shandong province in China.
Zhejiang Qiantang River Investment Development raised $80mn via a 3Y bond at a yield of 2.1%, in line with initial guidance of 2.1% area. The bonds are unrated. Proceeds will be used for project construction and working capital. The bonds are issued by wholly owned subsidiary ZhongChuang (HK) Technology and guaranteed by Zhejiang Qiantang River Investment Development. The bonds are supported by a letter of credit from the Bank of Hangzhou Jiaxing branch.
Maxi-Cash Financial raised S$60mn via a 3Y bond at a yield of 6.05% as part of an exchange offer for its outstanding S$50mn 6.35% 2022s. The deal was upsized by S$36.75mn from the initial S$23.25mn. The bonds are unrated. Proceeds will be used for general corporate needs, including debt refinancing or repayment, acquisitions and working capital purposes.
New Bonds Pipeline
- Quzhou Communications Investment Group hires for $ green bond
- Health and Happiness hires for $ 400 mn bond
- Kalyan Jewellers India hires for $ 5Y bond
- Henan Railway Construction & Investment hires for $ green bond
- Shinhan Card hires for $ 5Y social bond
- Electricity Generating (EGCO) hires for $ 7Y or 10Y bond
- Petron hires for $ 7NC4 bond
- JY Grandmark hires for $ bond
- ADB marketing hires for $ 5Y bond
- China Oilfield Services Limited hires for $ bond
Rating Changes
- Fitch Downgrades Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR to ‘CC’
- Agile Group Downgraded To ‘B+’ On Sizable Maturities And Tightening Funding Access; Outlook Negative
- Times China Downgraded To ‘B+’ On Tough Business Conditions, Reduced Liquidity Buffer; Outlook Negative
- R&F (HK) Upgraded To ‘CC’ On Completing Distressed Tender; Guangzhou R&F Affirmed At ‘CC’; Outlooks Negative
- Fitch Downgrades Yuzhou to ‘C’ on Distressed Debt Exchange
- Fitch Downgrades EDF to ‘BBB+’; Places Rating on Negative Watch
- Electricité de France Placed On CreditWatch Negative On Nuclear Outages And Adverse Political Decisions
- Moody’s reviews EDF’s A3 ratings for downgrade
- Moody’s withdraws Hopson’s rating for business reasons
- Moody’s upgrades Navios Holdings’ ratings to B3 and affirms Navios South American Logistics’ B3; outlooks are stable
Term of the Day:
CET1 Ratio
Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) Ratio is a financial ratio applicable to banks to measure its core capital as against its Risk Weighted Assets (RWA). Core Capital (CET1 Capital) includes common equity and stock surplus (share premium), retained earnings, statutory reserves, other disclosed free reserves, capital reserves representing surplus arising out of sale proceeds of assets and balance in income statement at the end of the previous financial year. RWAs are calculated to measure the minimum regulatory capital required to be held by banks to maintain solvency. The calculation methodology is such that the riskier the asset, the higher the RWAs and the greater the amount of regulatory capital required. CET1 capital must be at least 4.5% of RWAs according to Basel III.
Contingent Convertible (CoCos) bonds/AT1s commonly have triggers based on CET1 ratios – if the bank’s CET1 ratio falls below a certain threshold, the bonds would convert into equity.
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