Asia Pacific

Cofco Womai, an online food products retailer backed by the Cofco Group and Chinese internet giant Baidu, is seeking as much as $600m from a Hong Kong IPO.

The Chinese arm of Scotland-based Aberdeen Standard Investments announced the appointment of a general manager for its wholly foreign-owned enterprise, the firm said on August 22.

Lifestyle International Holdings is making a return to the dollar bond market after two years away, having mandating three banks for a roadshow in Hong Kong this week.

The terms are out for Hong Kong-listed company Samson Paper’s HK$570m ($73m) refinancing. The deal has three arrangers, which circulated term sheets among existing lenders a couple of weeks ago. Invitations have now gone out to other banks.

A group of institutional investors have denounced the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s (HKEX) proposal to bring dual-class shares to the city, urging the bourse to take another look at the risks.

The three bookrunners of a $900m-equivalent Hong Kong dollar loan for I Squared Capital’s acquisition of Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) have invited lenders to join the syndicate at a senior level.

Chinese property developer Greenland Holdings, which printed an offshore bond earlier this month, has allocated its latest syndicated loan at a larger-than-launch size of $315m.

Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management has filed for a potential Rp20bn ($311.8m) IPO in India, offering both new and existing shares.

HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co submitted a listing application to the Indian regulator on Friday, with as many as 10 banks managing the float, which could be worth Rp100bn ($1.5bn).

Sisram Medical has begun sounding out investors for its $200m IPO in Hong Kong after receiving listing approval from the stock exchange, said bankers on the deal.

China Great Wall Asset Management Co has mandated a whopping 20 banks for its next dollar bond, and is planning to meet Hong Kong investors on Tuesday.

Hyundai Capital Services is kicking off the week with a dual tranche dollar deal that will be sold to investors in Asia, Europe and the US.