JERUSALEM, Nov 24 (Reuters) - * Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest lender, said on Thursday it planned a bond offering of up to 2.5 billion shekels ($645.5 million) within the next few weeks. * The offering would be through the issue of two new bond series. * Standard & Poor’s Maalot rated the bonds “AAA” * The bank is planning a separate offering of up to 700 million shekels of notes, which Maalot rated as “AA”. Midroog, the Israeli affiliate of Moody’s Investors Service, rated the notes “Aa3”. * ($1 = 3.8730 shekels) (Reporting by Steven Scheer)
Bank Hapoalim has said that it is planning a bond offering of ILS 2.5bn (up to 2.5 billion) within the next few weeks.