Asia Pacific
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China’s Haier Group Corp launched its inaugural perpetual dollar bond transaction on Thursday morning. -
More and more companies are recognising the principle that the atmosphere’s ability to absorb greenhouse gases from combustion cannot remain a free resource forever.
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Yunnan Water HK Co has made a swift return to the overseas loan market with a $150m three year deal.
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The head of Thailand’s Bond Market Association tells GlobalMarkets about the potential of blockchain and wider market reforms to increase trading efficiency and help expand the size of its corporate debt market
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Indrajit Coomaraswamy wants to institutionalise Sri Lanka’s macro-economic framework by stiffening up the country’s Fiscal Management Responsibility Act.
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Africa’s finance ministers are turning their attention to private sector investment and trying to move beyond bilateral loans from China.
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Canara Bank raised an additional $200m after tapping an outstanding bond on Wednesday, bringing the total size of its August 2022 note to $600m.
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The World Bank is working on new refugee bonds, GlobalMarkets can reveal, as Bangladesh put in a request for financial support to cope with the burdens of the influx of Rohingya Muslim migrants from Myanmar
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Standard Chartered has named Abrar Anwar as the new chief executive of its Malaysian business.
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CSPC Pharmaceutical Group opened books for HK$1.98bn ($253.6m) primary share placement on Thursday morning, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
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After initially treating China’s Belt and Road Initiative as a local venture, India has launched its own Project Mausam plan that experts say could be a “win-win” for the region at the risk of stirring tensions between the two powers
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The Development Bank of Japan has managed to yank the spread in by 8bp for its third sustainability bond on Wednesday, which was still more than three times subscribed.
