As the growth of Asia’s bond market continues, European banks are eager to get in on the action.
The opportunities are particularly growing in the euro-denominated bond market. Although the number of Asian issuers in the market fell from 33 in 2015 to 25 last year, the average deal size increased dramatically the 19.6 billion $20.76 raised in 2016 was 38% up on the year before.
French lender Natixis has made slow and steady progress bringing Asian issuers to the euro market, winning one deal in 2015 and two last year. But the bank appears to have more ambitious plans in the offing, having added...
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