BDO raises ₱100 billion in 2026's largest Philippine bond sale
Top lender BDO Unibank, Inc. reported that it has raised ₱100 billion from its fifth Peso-denominated ASEAN Sustainability Bonds issue was 20 times oversubscribed from the original ₱5 billion offering.
“This issuance saw robust participation from retail and institutional investors, prompting the early close of the offer period on January 16, 2026,” said the bank in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange.
BDO has raised a total of ₱386.7 billion Sustainability Bonds in five issuances since January 2022.
The bank's latest ASEAN Sustainability Bond has a tenor of three years and a coupon rate of 5.7125 percent a year. The issue, settlement, and listing date is today, January 26, 2026.
The net proceeds are intended to support the Bank’s lending activities and diversify funding sources and to finance and/or refinance eligible assets as defined in the bank’s Sustainable Finance Framework.
Standard Chartered Bank is the Sole Arranger of this issuance, with BDO Unibank, Inc. and Standard Chartered Bank as Selling Agents, and BDO Capital & Investment
Corporation as Financial Advisor.
The bank’s latest Peso-denominated ASEAN Sustainability Bond offering comes after it raised a total of ₱286.7 billion from the previous four issuances since January 2022.
BDO has consistently been raising several times the minimum amount of ₱5 billion in its previous issuances which had shortened offering periods due to oversubscription.
In July last year, BDO raised ₱115 billion for its fourth Peso-denominated ASEAN Sustainability Bond issue, 23 times oversubscribed against the original offer of ₱5 billion.
The issuance saw robust participation from both retail and institutional investors, that prompted the early close of the offer period after only four days.
The bank’s fourth ASEAN Sustainability Bond issuance has a tenor of one-and-a-half (1.5) years and a coupon rate of 5.875 percent per annum.(James A. Loyola)