Korea’s Kookmin Bank raises $600 mn in global senior debts
Bo-Hyung Kim
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Kookmin Bank headquarters in Seoul (Courtesy of Yonhap) South Korea’s largest bank Kookmin Bank said on Tuesday it has issued $600 million worth of global senior secured bonds.
The debts were oversubscribed nearly four times, attracting about $2.8 billion from more than 150 institutional investors.
The bonds comprise $300 million worth of notes with a three-year maturity and another $300 million with a five-year maturity.
The three-year bonds were sold at 60 basis points higher than their corresponding US Treasury yield, with their five-year notes issued at 65 bps above.
Kookmin Banik’s initially proposed spread was 85 and 95 bps for the three- and five-year bonds, respectively.
Kookmin Bank saw global investors’ strong demand for the bonds despite geopolitical concerns and uncertainties of global currency policies, said a bank official.
In efforts to expand its investor pool, the bank executives met investors in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for the first time and also held a meeting in Taiwan earlier this month.
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