Asia Pacific

Mapletree Logistics Trust will fund its acquisition of a Hong Kong warehouse with a S$640m ($471.5m) dual tranche equity raise, following in the footsteps of its sister unit last year, as well as with debt.

China Minsheng Banking Corp has jumped into the debt market, opening a dual-tranche floating rate offering for dollar investors through its Hong Kong branch on Tuesday.

DBS Group Holdings has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India to establish a wholly-owned local subsidiary in the country, a big fillip to a firm that was Singapore’s first bank to set up a representative office in India.

China and the UK will continue to promote the development of green finance through bilateral collaborations, despite the decision by US president Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, said Chen Yulu, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China.

European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Global Dairy Trade have jointly expressed interest in a potential auction mechanism for European dairy products.

Emerging market bonds remain set for a busy September as weak US data pushed dulled expectations of Federal Reserve rate hikes, outweighing escalating tensions between the US and Korea, and the Kenyan Supreme Court's decision to annul the result of the August 8 election.

Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro has laid out plans to float an infrastructure investment trust, giving the fledgling asset class a boost.

Bank of Qingdao has become the latest Chinese lender to move a step closer to selling offshore preference shares, receiving the blessing from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).

Adani Abbot Point Terminal, a unit of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, is hunting for an A$250m ($199m) syndicated loan, with the deal open to new lenders.

The lack of rules and standards is holding back the development of green asset backed securitization (ABS), a UK-China joint task force on green finance has said.

Steel Pipe Industry of Indonesia (Spindo) is courting investors in Asia and Europe this week, in pursuit of its first international dollar bond.

AK Medical Holdings is reviving its Hong Kong IPO, filing draft documents for the second time after its initial attempt in April last year proved fruitless.