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The article reports on the move by Indonesia-based telecommunications company Indosat to select banks to arrange a bond issue denominated in U.S. dollars.

The article offers information on the U.S. dollar-denominated global bond issues of Inter-American Development Bank arranged by HSBC, UBS, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley on February 9, 2010. The bonds were rated at Aaa/AAA/AAA with the total amount of 1.5 billion dollars. They will mature on February 14, 2020 and payment date is on February 17, 2010. Their issue/re-offer price is 99.533 with a coupon of 3.875%.

The article provides information on U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds issued in February 2007. Lead managers of a deal secured by Hewlett-Packard were Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan. The first dollar transaction by Vodafone since the first quarter of 2006 was able to raise $3.5 billion in a day.

The article presents an update on corporate bonds issued in U.S. dollars as of November 2006. The maturity of a $300 million bond issued by Black & Decker Corp. will be on November 15, 2016. The joint bookrunners of bonds issued by Comcast Corp. on November 20 are Bank of America, JP Morgan and Wachovia. A $2 billion bond issued by Sprint Nextel Corp. on November 16 went exceptionally well.

The article presents information on corporate bond deals of ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Co. II and Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (TMCC) in U.S. dollars. Included among the ConocoPhillips bookrunners are Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Union Bank of Switzerland. Pricing of the deal is done fairly. The rating of the TMCC deal is Aaa and AAA.

The article presents updates on corporate bonds issued in U.S. dollars. It is said that Diageo Capital PLC was able to come at a narrow new issue concession and established global benchmarks. It is expected that the bonds in a transaction of Total Capital will sell to retail names.

The article provides information on U.S. dollar corporate bonds issued by Abbott Laboratories. The launch date of the bonds was on May 9, 2006. Bookrunners of the deal include ABN Amro and Morgan Stanley. About 80 to 85 percent of the transaction was sold into the U.S.

The article presents information on the U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bond issued by Residential Capital Corp. on April 11, 2006. It consists of three tranches including $750 million senior debt, $1.75 billion senior debt and $1 billion lower tier two capital tranche. Citigroup issued guidance on the three tranches at 165 basis point on the seven year. Over 200 accounts participated in the seven year fixed rate tranche that resulted to $1.75 billion according to HSBC.

Presents updates on several corporate bonds issued in U.S. dollars as of February 2006. Information on the ratings of bonds issued by Cisco Systems Inc.; Estimated number of investors in the book of iStar Financial Inc.; Increase in the value of a five year tranche from Residential Capital.

The article focuses on the southeast Asian bond market in 2015 and factors which could impact bond performance. It states from 2005-2014 the annual bond issuance for southeastern Asian nations grew from 38 billion to 109 billion dollars while corporate bond issuance grew from 20 billion to 78 billion dollars. It mentions factors behind the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 which was caused by a strengthening U.S. dollar and speculates on the impact increased U.S. interest rates will have.

Daimler and Schlumberger joined the Yankee dollar rush this week as corporate bond yields hit record lows and investors continued to load up on safe-haven high grade paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article announces the appointment of Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ, Qatar National Bank, Standard Chartered and Royal Bank of Scotland as lead arrangers to Qatar Telecom's dollar benchmark bond.

The article reports that corporate bonds have broken through the one trillion U.S. dollar mark for the first time in 2009. According to data from Dealogic, the tightening spreads over the last few months have not hindered record issuance. There has been a 22% increase in the issuances of non-financial corporates, which raised 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars. A warning was issued by bankers about the reopening of the primary market in September 2009.

The article presents a commentary on the U.S. dollar bond issued by E.On International Finance on June 10, 2009. Morgan Stanley and UBS served as bookrunners for the deal. The borrower said it was their first Eurodollar transaction and given where the basis swap is the market offered them a great opportunity for funding. It was priced at 70 basis points (bp) over mid-swaps, which came through the euro secondary curve. According to the bookrunners, E.On is in a very comfortable position and has done plenty of funding.

The article presents a commentary on the U.S. dollar bond issued by BP Capital Markets on June 8, 2009. Morgan Stanley and UBS served as bookrunners for the deal. They said it was a traditional Eurodollar deal, targeting Swiss retail investors. Based on investor feedback, the guidance was tightened to 70 basis points (bp)-75 bp over mid-swaps and the book grew to over $400 million. It was increased to $325 million at 70bp over and most went to Swiss retail accounts.

The article reports on the slow activity in the U.S. dollar corporate bond market as of June 2008. The market saw less than $10 billion bond which includes the $1.75 billion preferred deal for Allianz led by Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Among the companies that have successful transactions were Suncor Energy and South Western Electric Power. The planned $250 million 10 year bond issue by American Financial Group was cancelled due to market conditions.

The article offers information on the dollar-denominated bond issued by Export Development Canada (EDC) on March 27, 2007. The bond was rated Aaa/AAA and priced at $1 billion. The company stated that its balance sheet is in U.S. dollars and raises funds in the international capital markets which provide investors with the opportunity to purchase Canada sovereign credit. Bookrunners stated that the joint lead book of the deal involved 55 separate investors.

The article offers information on the U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by Verizon on March 29, 2007. It includes a $500 million tranche and two $750 million tranches managed by companies including Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and Wachovia Bank. Barclays Capital stated that the lead managers offered a two year floater. It added that the move to offer a short dated floater allows Verizon to reduce some pressure from the fixed rate side due to strong floating rate market.

The article offers information on the U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by Wal-Mart on March 29, 2007. The transactions were managed by Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers cited that the proceeds will be used to refinance short term debt. The lead manager added that about 25% of the deal was sold to Asia.

The article reports that Gazprom has managed to attract the equivalent of $4.5 billion of orders for its dual tranche trade. The deal comprised $1.3 billion 15 year and €500 million 10 year prints. Lead managers Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley set price talk on the euro trade at 125 basis points (bp)-130bp over mid-swaps and at 195bp over U.S. Treasury for the dollar tranche. Dollar tranche was priced in line with guidance while the euro deal was printed at 125bp over mid-swaps.

The article presents information on the U.S. dollar-denominated bond issued by American Express Credit Corp. Lead managers of the transaction were ABN Amro and Credit Suisse. The deal ended up being the largest unsecured floating rate note they have ever issued. The bond issue traded at approximately 11 basis point (bp) and 11.5bp.

The article presents an update on the corporate bonds in U.S. dollars issued in February 2007. Ambac Financial Group launched a $400 million hybrid capital with an issue/re-offer price of 99.335. Anheuser-Busch Cos. secured Barclays, Citigroup and Sun Trust as its lead managers on the deal worth $300 million. General Electric Capital Corp. issued a $500 million Eurodollar with an issue price of 101.334.

The article focuses on the U.S.-dollar denominated corporate bond launched by National Grid on July 19, 2006. The issue price is 99.785 with maturity date on August 1, 2016. Joint bookrunners include Citigroup, JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch. The bookrunners had guidance of 130 basis points (bp) and priced at 127bp.

The article focuses on the two corporate bond deals issued by Boston Scientific in U.S. dollars. The maturity of the deals is on June 15, 2011 and June 15, 2006. The transactions seem to perform well in the secondary market.

The article provides information on the international corporate bond issue deals of At&T in U.S. dollar denomination. The total target size was $1.5 billion of fixed and floating rate tranches. It was priced around 152 basis points a day after its launch. It was negatively affected by equity volatility and concerns on the weak dollar.

The article presents information on the U.S. dollar-covered corporate bonds launched by several companies in April 2006. It includes General Electric Capital Corp., CIT Group and Nestlé Holdings Inc.

The article presents information on U.S. dollar-covered corporate bonds issued by Toyota Finance Australia Ltd. on April 20, 2006. The maturity date will be on May 9, 2011. The transaction was offering a yield of 5.375 percent. The company set the price guidance at 44 basis point to 45 basis point over Treasuries.

The article provides information on the U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds issued by Diageo Finance BV on February 2, 2006. The guarantor of the bond is Diageo plc. The launch date of the bonds is on March 27, 2006. The joint bookrunners of the deal are Citigroup and Credit Suisse.

The article provides information on the U.S. dollar-linked corporate bonds issued from February to March 2006. Bonds issued by Comcast Corp. were priced at 99.399. The joint bookrunners of the bonds from UnitedHealth Group Inc. are Citigroup, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley.

With prices and economies stable, emerging-markets corporate bonds look appealing. But you need to know where to look. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]