Asia Pacific

The Eastern European sovereign announced the price guidance for its three year debut Panda bond on July 25, after agreeing on a Rmb3bn ($445m) Panda programme with onshore authorities last week.

Shanghai-listed Shandong Gold Mining has got the green light from its board of directors to float on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Investors flocked to Parkway Pantai’s senior perpetual offering on Thursday, intrigued by a rare bond from a debut healthcare issuer despite the deal's lack of rating.

Chelsea Logistics Corp raised Ps5.8bn ($115.1m) from its Philippine IPO on Thursday after the shares were priced almost 30% below the upper limit.

Animal feed and agribusiness firm Godrej Agrovet has filed a draft prospectus with India’s market regulator for its IPO, which is expected in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a banker close to the deal.

A short and limited syndication of a HK$28bn ($3.6bn) financing to support the take-private of Hong Kong-listed footwear company Belle International Holdings has wrapped up with one more bank jumping in.

In this round-up, net sales under the mutual recognition of funds (MRF) are approaching a combined volume of Rmb1tr, Neuberger Berman (NB) adds China equity capabilities, and Russian lender Sberbank joins the international board of the Shanghai Gold Exchange.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Thursday announced a new cooperation agreement with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), that will secure it information on the ongoing compliance of Indian central counterparties (CCPs) with European Union regulation.

DBS Group Holdings made a triumphant debut in the green bond market this week, earning bragging rights for the deal’s heavy placement with bona fide green investors. But there is still a long road ahead before Singaporean issuers flock to the market en masse. Addison Gong reports.

Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group is making its loan debut, seeking $300m to repay its dollar bond. As heightened regulatory scrutiny crimps liquidity onshore, Chinese borrowers are slowly looking to take the loan route — reigniting the age-old debate of loans versus bonds, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.

Chinese state-owned Shandong Energy Group Co sealed a popular $300m three year debut on Wednesday off the back of a $3.2bn book, thanks to its strong government support and the attractive yield on offer.

A swathe of Indian insurers are readying IPOs that could raise some $3bn between them in the next several months, riding a resurgent FIG wave in the country. Expectations are running high that more transactions will hit screens in the second half of the year. John Loh reports.