Asia Pacific

An extensive marketing effort helped debut issuer LR Capital Group seal a $150m deal on Tuesday, as books opened with sufficient anchor orders.

Meitu, creator of the popular Chinese selfie editing app, failed to live up to its promise when the stock debuted on Thursday in Hong Kong, shedding as much as 2%.

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UBS is set to lose its co-head of ECM solutions for Asia at the end of the year, sources told GlobalCapital Asia this week. His departure comes two months after the bank said Hong Kong's regulator was investigating it for its role in IPOs, though the two events are thought to be unrelated.

Local government financing vehicle (LGFV) Xuzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone State Asset Management Co and property developer China Vanke Co announced their respective dollar-denominated bonds on Thursday, following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to lift interest rates.

Hong Kong-based AMTD has found its way into the league table for Asia’s top 50 DCM bookrunners just one year after kicking off its capital markets and advisory business. For Calvin Choi, chairman, this is only the beginning. In an interview with Asiamoney’s Rashmi Kumar, Choi shares his plans for the firm including international expansion and a potential listing.

India’s equity capital markets are at their healthiest in half a decade, having emerged from an extended period of lacklustre activity. The country’s positive macro story combined with the diversity of companies on offer means the outlook remains bright for 2017. Jonathan Breen reports.

Faced with a low margin environment and intense competition at home, Taiwanese banks have been looking outward for growth. But as they diversify away from China due to regulatory and political pressure, lenders from the island nation face new challenges on due diligence. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.

Citi is boosting links between its private bank, and corporate and investment bank, naming Kevin Lam as Asia Pacific business development head between the two divisions.

From China’s circuit breaker mayhem to a shock Brexit result and victory for Donald Trump, volatility was not on short supply this year. But after months of ducking for cover, equity bankers are emerging, if tentatively, from under their desks. For equity capital markets, the outlook on China is brightening, writes John Loh.

Asia has taken its time in improving corporate governance standards, with experts agreeing on the need for broader action. But Taiwan and Hong Kong firms seem to be moving in the right direction, as shown in the results of this year's Asiamoney Corporate Governance poll. Paolo Danese reports.

Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) have been one of the key drivers of bond volumes this year as they hit the international market in large numbers. The increasing supply means there is more scrutiny of the underlying risk but the sector looks set for another bumper year in 2017. Addison Gong reports.