Asia Pacific

The MR5.9bn ($1.4bn) IPO of Lotte Chemical Titan Holding, the Malaysian arm of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, is oversubscribed as the roadshow heads to London on Wednesday evening, according to a banker on the trade.

China may have got its second big win on the global stage, after the inclusion of the RMB in the SDR, on Wednesday when MSCI decided to add A-shares to its emerging markets index, but that does not mean the authorities can now rest on the laurels. The small weighting given to A-shares by MSCI is just one indication of how much China still has to do to upgrade its capital markets.

China Evergrande Group has announced final price guidance for its new four, six and eight year notes, part of an exchange and new money offering launched earlier this month.

Chinese bonds seem just one step away from full inclusion by the major bond index providers, following partial inclusions by Bloomberg-Barclays and Citi in the first quarter. But while some experts believe the wait will be over after the launch of the Bond Connect, others worry that China’s recent efforts to keep the renminbi stable will hurt its chances.

Chinese issuers are dominating Wednesday’s debt market in Asia ex-Japan, with two issuers launching dollar deals and two investment grade corporates announcing roadshows for transactions.

MSCI opened the door to A-shares in a landmark moment for China's reform and renminbi internationalisation agenda. Regulators, investors and analysts widely welcomed the decision, with many underlining that while initial impact of the inclusion may be limited, the first step has been taken to a rebalancing of global portfolios towards RMB assets.

Index provider MSCI decided it was time to include A-shares in its emerging markets index, making the announcement just before 5am Hong Kong time on June 21. Chinese onshore stocks will make up 0.73% of the MSCI Emerging Markets index starting May 2018.

For every step forward that the Masala bond market takes, it goes two steps backwards, with the Reserve Bank of India recently putting up barriers to keep high yield issuers out of offshore rupees. Cutting off low grade Masala issuance isn’t the worst thing to come out of the central bank’s announcement — the rules could also stifle investment grade deals.

B. Grimm Power Public, the power unit of B. Grimm Group, announced a price range on Tuesday for its up to Bt11.8bn ($350m) IPO on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

The fate of Chinese A-shares in the MSCI emerging market index will be known on June 21 at about 4.30am Hong Kong time. While the likelihood of inclusion has gone up after MSCI’s latest consultation paper from March, experts are not expecting sizable capital inflows into Chinese equities to follow.

Indian Energy Exchange has filed a draft prospectus with the market regulator as it looks to join the country's thriving equity capital markets.

Two Indonesian financial institutions, Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) and Adira Dinamika Multi Finance, are scheduled to hit the loan market in July.