The majority of investors were onshore Taiwanese and Asian investors and featured life insurers, banks, fund managers and securities houses. FAB had tapped the Formosa bond market last year as well.
Rula Al Qadi, Managing Director and Head of Group Funding at FAB, said in a statement: “FAB has always been very well received in the Formosa market whether issuing in CNY or USD - we tend to be a frequent issuer in this market as a commitment to the Taiwanese and broader Asian investors. This deal is once again a tremendous success because it is the lowest coupon ever on a five-year public CNY bond issued by a MENA bank and, on a swapped to USD basis, it comes well inside of our funding curve.”