Asia Pacific

ANZ has moved an executive director to the position of acting head of its loan syndications operation in Australia, as the incumbent steps into a new role.

Hong Kong’s stock exchange has rejected Chengdu Xingrong Environment Co’s application to list in the city, according to an announcement from the Shenzhen-listed company.

Sinosteel International Holding has approached the loan market for a $120m two year deal. The money is to refinance a loan from 2014, which falls due next month.

ING Life Korea is planning to raise $1bn from an IPO in 2017, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Hong Kong Airlines was among the many borrowers that squeezed through a narrow issuance window last week before Chinese New Year. Its first senior perpetual, which has been sometime in the making, soared with strong private bank demand.

S&P Global Ratings has named Elena Okorochenko as its head of Asia Pacific, alongside a host of senior appointments.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has moved to clamp down on violations from high-speed trading, after the National Stock Exchange said some brokers had unfair access to its servers.

Tradeweb is working with Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) to provide the infrastructure for Bond Connect, which will give foreign investors access to the Chinese interbank bond market, GlobalRMB has learned.

Siam Commercial Bank and the Industrial Bank of Korea both returned to the dollar bond market on Monday an extended period away.

A $120.6m borrowing to support a recent acquisition by Indian company Tata AutoComp Systems has launched into general syndication.

Chinese private school operator Wisdom Education International Holdings has sealed its HK$850m ($109.6m) IPO, finding enough demand to make it through a tight window while defying President Trump-inspired jitters, according to a banker working on the deal.

BSE, the owner of the Bombay Stock Exchange, is off to a cork-popping start to its Rp12.4bn ($182m) IPO, having snagged both marquee anchor investors and strong early orders.