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Issuers have come to market with only a handful of single family rental (SFR) securitizations in 2016, but a spate of recent deals shows that issuance should continue in fits and starts as aggregators of rental homes use ABS for balance sheet relief. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Chinese Panda bond market has just passed the one year anniversary of its comeback in September 2015 with the asset class attracting plenty of attention. While market participants are expecting the exuberance to continue, credit reforms are needed in order to diversify the investor base. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Silk Road bonds are one of the latest gimmicks bankers are trying to promote with an event dedicated to the topic taking place in Hong Kong last week. While the concept of the bonds, linked directly to China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative, is promising, proper guidelines need to be in place for the product to take off. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relative cheapness of mezzanine CLO paper compared to other assets is driving a wave of interest from high yield corporate investors, sources tell GlobalCapital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The US CLO market surged in July, with issuance picking up and spreads tightening, but industry insiders are cautioning that the sector still has a way to go before returning to the heights of the past few years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The CLO new issue market is rolling headlong into the dog days of summer, with Prudential Fixed Income and Credit Suisse Asset Management each pricing new deals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hong Kong's Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) is calling for the city's government to start issuing green bonds in order to become a regional centre for green financing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Singapore dollar bond market's recent resurgence of private bank demand has prompted a slew of subordinated debt issuance with Manulife Financial Corp launching a rare insurance tier two and Mapletree Logistics Trust opting for a perp non call five and a half on Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Singapore dollar bond market has been dominated by financial and corporate subordinated debt in recent weeks with transactions worth S$2.64bn ($1.9bn) sold since the start of May. While the swap driven nature of the demand means issuance will be patchy, bankers believe this trend could run for some time, writes Rev Hui. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The US CLO market extended a rally in primary issuance on the back of a solid end to April, with three deals crossing the finish line this week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indian companies are showing interest in issuing offshore rupee-denominated, or Masala, bonds but a leading financier warns that the market will not heat up until the central bank allows private banks to fund deals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China Aluminum International Engineering Corp (Chalieco) is planning to issue renewable bonds in China's domestic debt market to expand its funding channels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US CLO issuers, still dealing with dearth of triple-A buyers, are having to adjust to further shifts in market dynamics which are causing primary issuance to come in waves in 2016. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India's National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) ended an absence of more than a year from the international bond market this week with a tightly priced transaction that left little money on the table for investors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Chinese Panda bond market has gone from strength to strength since its revival last September with the Province of British Columbia (BC) becoming the latest to issue, raising Rmb3bn ($456m) on Thursday. While plenty more sovereign and financial deals are being lined up, the future does not look bright for red chip companies. Carrie Hong and Rev Hui report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A volatile start to the year appears to be no problem for some issuers as shown by Bank of Communications Hong Kong's $500m dollar bond, which was driven by Chinese bank money. Bankers lauded the trade as a six times covered book was achieved without BoCom HK having to pay up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Though financial institutions and public sector entities were busy issuing bonds on Tuesday, corporate issuance was quiet, despite the success of the only two trades so far this year and increased confidence that European markets can cope with Asia's difficulties for the moment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hong Kong's Hsin Chong Construction Group managed to get a difficult $150m bond away this week, braving volatile markets with a two-day execution and private bank backing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China's Panda bond market has gained further momentum with successful issues from a pair of offshore listed companies on the country's exchange market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Asia's debt capital markets show no sign of slowing down as the year end approaches, with recent deals proving that investors still have plenty of cash to deploy. Market participants expect at least one more high-profile deal to close in what is poised to be a record December, writes Rev Hui. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bank of East Asia (BEA) executed a landmark trade this week, completing Asia's first dollar liability management exercise into a Basel III instrument. With old style bank capital instruments losing capital value, market observers hope there will be more such transactions, writes Rev Hui. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bank of East Asia (BEA) has set the minimum coupon of its upcoming additional tier one issue at 5.5%, according to an announcement by the Hong Kong lender on November 18. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Issuance from the insurance sector has been caught between two milestones: the end of a grandfathering clause for cheap perpetual issuance at the start of this year, and the beginning of the new Solvency II regulatory regime at the start of 2016. But just as with contingent capital -- or AT1 -- which had a slow start, once there is clarity around Solvency II, deals will flow. Chris Wright reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Life is not getting easier for the treasury teams of financial institutions and the investors that buy their debt. Much of 2015 has been dominated by volatility, with the euro market shut for long periods of time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Primary activity has finally returned to the Asia ex-Japan high yield market following a hiatus of close to three months, with Future Land Development Holdings launching a deal on Thursday. While the pipeline remains thin, market participants are taking heart that not all is lost for the asset class, writes Rev Hui. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European corporate bond market emerged from earnings blackout in triumphant form this week, as issuer after issuer garnered large order books and new issue premiums flattened down. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chinese property developers have been quick to capitalise on opportunities in their domestic bond market this year, taking advantage of a new funding channel available at a much cheaper cost. But with more and more issuers expected to use the onshore route, debt investors need to start better reading the risks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following a slow start to the year, momentum is final picking up for the dim sum bond market with a pair of issuers looking to kick off their roadshows on May 18. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]