Asia Pacific

Reliance Industries’ telecommunication arm Reliance Jio Infocomm is in talks with banks to refinance a two-tranche loan raised in late 2014.

Chinese water treatment and recycling solution provider Citic Envirotech is readying its second international dollar bond, having mandated three to arrange a roadshow from the end of this week.

Nomura has grabbed senior Hong Kong-based banker Perry Tsea from Deutsche Bank to lead its Greater China financial institutions group.

Chinese micro-lender Qudian has launched bookbuilding for its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, which could raise up to $825m, according to a banker close to the deal.

Barclays has promoted one of its most senior bankers to an expanded position overseeing its banking activities outside of the Americas.

French banks have been frequenting the Samurai market all year, and the latest trade from Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) this week offered Japanese accounts a rare chance to invest in the senior preferred format.

India's Tata Motors has put out feelers with its relationship banks for a new borrowing to refinance $850m of syndicated loans.

Indian state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has filed a draft prospectus for its long-awaited IPO, which has been six years in the making.

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has returned to the loan market for the second time this year with a $300m five year refinancing, managing to squeeze pricing yet again.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic is taking bids for a six-tranche Thai baht bond this week, and is hoping to settle the Bt14bn ($420m) transaction on Thursday.

21Vianet Group priced a tap of its outstanding $200m 7% 2020s last Friday, using up the rest of its regulatory debt-raising quota ahead of a week-long public holiday in China.

Thailand’s TOA Paint has raised Bt12.2bn ($363.9m) from an IPO that was flooded with demand from foreign and domestic investors, driving pricing to the top of guidance.