HKMC completes fourth Bauhinia infrastructure loan-backed securities issuance
The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation has priced its fourth infrastructure loan-backed securities transaction under the Bauhinia brand, following three prior deals since 2023. The release sets out the portfolio composition, the note structure including a new unrated mezzanine class, and the bank syndicate involved, giving compliance and treasury teams at participating institutions the transaction's key terms.
- Bauhinia 4's portfolio contains 42 infrastructure debt obligations across 32 individual projects in 15 countries and 11 sub-sectors, valued at approximately US$481.5 million.
- Five classes of notes, Class A1-SU, A1, B, C and D, were issued with aggregate principal of US$457.3 million and listed on The Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- The HKMC introduced an unrated Class D tranche in response to ongoing investor demand for the mezzanine tranche.
- The US$128.5 million Class A1-SU sustainability tranche was issued under the HKMC's Social, Green and Sustainability Financing Framework, aligned with ICMA's Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles and Sustainability Bond Guidelines.
- AIIB continued as anchor investor through its US$300 million investment programme, and part of the Bauhinia 4 portfolio came from redemption proceeds of Bauhinia 1 after its 3-year non-call period ended.