CDB bond stumbles along the Silk Road

Policy bank executes messy deal minus two of its syndicate banks.
Burden of expectations
Burden of expectations
September 30, 2015

China Development Bank (CDB) returned to the offshore markets on Tuesday with a $1.56 billion multi-currency deal that provided a textbook example of how not to access the international bond markets.

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