Multiple successes with 20 winning deals at The Asset Triple A Country Awards 2020

Anti-Covid-19, transition and Panda bonds, Leverage Buy Out financing (LBO), sustainability financing… This year, Crédit Agricole CIB actively participated in 20 winning transactions recognised by The Asset Will open in a new tab magazine, illustrating its wide range of expertise as Global Coordinator, Lead Manager, Bookrunner, Lead Underwriter, Lender, Dealer-Manager as well as Sustainability and Green Structuring and Financial Adviser.

The Asset's annual Triple A (Asset Asian Awards) recognition represents the industry's most prestigious awards for banking, finance, treasury and capital markets thanks to the widest reach among Asian issuers and global institutional investors of this financial magazine.

The 20 winning deals, including numerous emblematic environmentally and socially responsible transactions, highlight Crédit Agricole CIB strong determination to build a more sustainable banking and economy in the Asia-Pacific region.
 

Crédit Agricole S.A. 3 billion yuan TLAC Panda bond
First Panda bond by a European bank and first Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Panda bond. Full story here Will open in a new tab .

Our role: Lead Underwriter, Bookrunner and Financial Adviser

Ministry of Finance €4 billion multi-tranche senior bond
China’s first euro sovereign bond issuance after 15 years and the 20-year tranche marks the euro-denominated senior bond with the longest tenor from a Chinese issuer. Full story here Will open in a new tab .

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

Far Eastern New Century Corporation NT$3 billion sustainability-linked facilities
First sustainability-linked commercial paper programme issued in Asia-Pacific. Full story here Will open in a new tab .

Our role: Sustainability Structuring Bank and Lender

Vena Energy Capital US$325 million green bond
Client’s debut bond and it represents the first ever corporate USD green bond from a Singapore-headquartered company. Full story here Will open in a new tab .

Our role: Green Structuring Adviser, Global Coordinator, Bookrunner and Lead Manager

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 3 billion yuan anti Covid-19 bond
Inaugural AIIB Panda bond response to the pandemic. AIIB approved a 2,485 million yuan loan to upgrade public health infrastructure and emergency equipment and supplies. 

Our role: Financial adviser on sustainability

Bank of China (Macau) HK$4 billion and MOP1 billion SME-themed social bond
Issued in Feb, the first social bond with an explicit Covid-19 theme and first offshore social bond from a Chinese issuer.

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

China Merchants Bank US$700 million dual-tranche sustainability bond
Support sustainable city development through public medical infrastructure and clean transportation.

Our role: Sustainability structuring agent, Global coordinator, Bookrunner

China Development Bank £1 billion fixed rate senior unsecured bond
Bank’s first sterling bond issuance and establish a sterling benchmark for all Chinese and SSA issuers.

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

China National Travel Service Group Corporation US$900 million dual-tranche fixed rate notes
First bond transaction launched by a Chinese central state-owned enterprise since the primary market became muted in March.

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

China National Chemical Corporation US$3 billion equivalent five-tranche dual currency bond
First time for a Chinese company to issue simultaneously with such a variety of product offerings across different currency, tenor and type.

Our role: Global Coordinator, Bookrunner and Lead Manager

MTR Corporation US$1.2 billion green bond
MTR’s first green bond issuance under its newly-established sustainable finance framework and the largest single tranche green bond for corporates in Asia-Pacific.

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

Castle Peak Power Company US$350 million senior fixed rate bond
Tightest 10-year re-offer yield of a HK issuer in 2020 at the time of the issuance.

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

Bank of East Asia US$600 million Basel III-compliant tier 2 subordinated notes
First USD tier 2 issuance globally since the Covid-19 and first Hong Kong bank issuance in 2020.

Our role: Lead Manager

Kookmin Bank €500 million sustainability covered bond
First euro-denominated covered bond printed by a Korean commercial bank and first sustainability-labeled covered bond issued out of Asia.

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

Shinhan Bank €500 million green bond
Client’s first green bond denominated in euro and it achieved a competitive pricing to its USD curve despite being a new issuer in the euro bond market.

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

Korea Telecom Corporation US$400 million senior notes
Lowest coupon + spread among Korean corporates since the 2008 global financial crisis.

Our role: Bookrunner and Lead Manager

Woori Bank US$550 million additional tier 1 perpetual notes
Lowest USD additional tier 1 (AT1) coupon by a Korean commercial bank. 

Our role: Bookrunner

Baring Private Equity Asia US$600 million leverage buyout financing for Hexaware Technologies
Largest leveraged loan financing from India.

Our role: Mandated Lead Arranger

Tower Bersama Infrastructure US$350 million unrated senior notes
Lowest ever coupon for a five-year non-SOE corporate deal out of Indonesia.

Our role: Global Coordinator, Bookrunner and Lead Manager

Pertamina US$1.45 billion dual-tranche senior notes and any-and-all tender offer
First ever 40-year USD bond issuance out of Indonesia.

Our role: Bookrunner, Lead Manager and Dealer-Manager