April 11, Bank of China (Luxembourg) S.A. successfully issued € 500mn of three-year floating rate notes under the USD 30bn MTN Programme of Bank of China Limited. Bank of China Limited, Luxembourg Branch provided the guarantee to the issue. The deal received a total of € 2.548 billion in effective orders from 125 investors all over the world, representing 5.1 times over-subscription.
More than 70% of the book was invested by European investors. The deal attracted attention from 5 central banks and sovereign investors from Europe and Asia, representing 15% of the total book. Funds, insurance and pension funds got 49% of the total allocation; while 29% of the investment came from banks, followed by 7% from corporate investors. This is the first time that Bank of China...
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