Asia Pacific

ANZ has hired Hodaka Shoji as head of specialised finance for Japan, wooing him from Mizuho AsiaInfra Capital (MAIC) in Singapore.

Russian aluminium producer Rusal priced its second Panda bond of the year on September 1, reopening the market after a quiet month.

Weichai Power Co will sell senior dollar perpetual bonds worth no more than the equivalent of €650m ($772m) to help pay off some bank loans taken for the acquisition of shares in Kion Group.

In the latest Clawback, columnist Philippe Espinasse puts cash trading numbers in Hong Kong under the microscope to some rather interesting results.

The Singapore-based arm of IDFC Securities has appointed a chief executive officer, a newly created position after it obtained a capital markets services licence for the city-state.

Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust is looking to raise $208m from a rights offering to finance its acquisition of an office building in New Jersey.

Chinese biotech firm Zai Lab has launched bookbuilding for a $105.9m IPO of American Depository Shares (ADS), and is counting on US investors favouring start-ups to support the deal.

India’s HT Global IT Solutions Holdings is returning to the dollar market for a tap of its debut notes sold last summer.

Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp has hired an experienced economist to head up its macro strategy team for Asia.

The Brics Business Forum opens today, the New Development Bank is set to lend $2.5bn next year, and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) signs agreement with Greek counterpart.

China Education Group is looking to follow a stream of its Mainland peers listing in Hong Kong, and is targeting an IPO of as much as $300m, according to a source close to the deal.

China SCE Property Holdings scooped up HK$1.6bn ($204.5m) from an overnight block on Thursday that was timed to perfection, taking advantage of a share price rally to its highest point for the year.