DBS Bank sells $1 billion Reg-S bond

Taking advantage of scarcity value both in the DBS name and the Singapore bank sector, DBS prices the largest ever Reg-S bond in Asia, securing $3.5 billion in orders.

Mei Tuicolo

September 09, 2010

DBS Bank came to market with Asia’s largest Reg-S deal to date when it sold $1 billion of senior unsecured notes late Tuesday night. The five-year bonds pay a 2.375% semi-annual coupon and were reoffered at 99.691 to yield 2.441%. This was equivalent to a spread of 100bp over the five-year Treasury yield.

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