Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided Core Viewpoints - The Asian IG credit market was actively traded yesterday with abundant primary supplies, and there is diversification demand from Chinese and other Asian investors for Middle East credits [2] - In the secondary market, there was solid deployment demand for wider - spread FRNs and better selling pressure for lower - beta, front - end FRNs [3] - Initiate a buy on the new CASHLD 6.25 Perp due to its higher YTC compared to peers and the stable credit profile of PCCW [9] Summary by Relevant Catalogs Trading Desk Comments - Yesterday, the multi - tranche new MUFG 32 - 37s and SUMIBK 29 - 47s tightened 1 - 3bps from ROs; Fixed - rate HYNMTR 31 - 33s traded 1–3bps wider; BOCAVI 33s closed 2bps tighter; EXIMBK 36s tightened 2bps and EXIMBK 56s tightened 8bps; new UBS perps were initially up and then retraced slightly; KSA 4.875 01/12/36 was up 0.3pt [2] - In the secondary space, there was demand for wider - spread FRNs and selling pressure for lower - beta, front - end FRNs; NWDEVL Perps were up 0.1 - 1.3pts; LNGFOR 27 - 32s were firm and up 0.7 - 1.0pt; FTLNHD 26 - 27 were up 0.3 - 0.5pt, FUTLAN 28 was 0.4pt lower; in SE Asia, GLSP Perps rose 1.4 - 1.5pts [3] - This morning, new BAYFIM 29 and CLFAP 31 tightened 3bps; FRESHK 29 was 5bps tighter; MITHCC 31s were 7bps tighter; RESONA 31/STANLN 30 - 37s/EIBKOR 29 - 36s tightened 1 - 2bps; SWIPRO 31 was 4bps tighter; ZHHFGR 28 and ZHHFGR 6 Perp were 0.5pt lower [4] - In the LGFV space, FZSZJJ 7 12/27/27 recovered 1.3pts, and the rest edged 0.1 - 0.4pt higher [5] Macro News Recap - On Tuesday, S&P (+0.62%), Dow (+0.99%), and Nasdaq (+0.65%) were higher; US Dec'25 S&P Global Services PMI was 52.5, lower than the market expectation; the US Supreme Court is expected to rule on tariffs on 9 Jan'26; UST yield was higher [8] Desk Analyst Comments - Initiate a buy on the new CASHLD 6.25 Perp as it offers higher YTC than peers with a similar first coupon reset date and PCCW has a stable credit profile; it is trading at YTC of 6.1% and rose 0.8pt this morning [9] Offshore Asia New Issues (Priced) - Agricultural Bank of China issued 600mn USD 5 - year bonds at SOFR+45 [16] - CAS Capital No.2 Limited issued 675mn USD PerpNC5.25 bonds at 6.25% [16] - Clifford Capital Asset Finance Pte issued 500mn USD 3 - year bonds at 3.852% and 500mn USD 5 - year bonds at 4.037% [16] - Emirates NBD Bank PJSC issued 300mn USD 3 - year bonds at 4.195% and 700mn USD 5 - year bonds at 4.529% [16] - Far East Horizon issued 400mn USD 3 - year bonds at 5.25% [16] - KFH Sukuk Company issued 1000mn USD 5 - year bonds at 4.563% [16] - Mitsubishi HC Finance America issued 500mn USD 5 - year bonds at 4.558% [16] - National Australia Bank issued multiple - tranche bonds with different amounts, tenors, and coupons [16] - Resona Bank issued 300mn USD 5 - year bonds at 4.286% [16] - Standard Chartered Bank issued multiple - tranche bonds with different amounts, tenors, and coupons [16] - Shandong Development issued 240mn USD 3 - year bonds at 3.9% [16] - Swire Properties issued 500mn USD 5 - year bonds at 4.25% [16] - The Export - Import Bank of Korea issued multiple - tranche bonds with different amounts, tenors, and coupons [16] Offshore Asia New Issues (Pipeline) - There are no offshore Asia new issues in the pipeline today [17] Company - Specific News - 96 credit bonds were issued yesterday with an amount of RMB71bn, and month - to - date, 183 credit bonds were issued with a total amount of RMB143bn, a 29.3% yoy decrease [23] - Fitch placed JSW Steel's BB rating on positive watch [23] - Longfor completed RMB1.0bn payment for onshore bond 21Longhu02 [23] - Mongolian Mortgage repurchased USD 17.54m of MGMTGE 11.5 01/18/27, and the o/s amount is reduced to USD185.149mn [4][23] - SJM Holdings aims to lower net leverage to 5x within two years and is in talks with banks about raising new loans and redeeming debt [23] - Standard Chartered priced SGD750mn PerpNC5.5 AT1 at 4.3% [23]