JP Morgan
Few deals deserve the epithet of being described as remarkable, but Hanvit's upper and lower tier 2 debt transaction is undoubtedly one of them. The ten, non-call five deal marked Asia's first international bond offering of the year and at year end, it still stands as its most significant. Indeed Asian bank subordinated debt has become such an integral part of the region's fixed income landscape that it is almost hard to appreciate just how groundbreaking the deal was at the time of its launch in mid-February.
The first ever issue of upper tier 2 debt by a non-investment grade bank globally, the deal also represented only the third instance of publicly...
