Asia Pacific

Indonesian property developer Lippo Karawaci excited investors on Monday with its roll out of a longer tenor, high yield bond.

Guotai Junan Securities Co has been given the go ahead by its shareholders to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, amid a trend of Mainland brokers floating in the city.

China’s domestic bond market is poised for another landmark transaction with Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) opening books to a special drawing rights-denominated bond on Tuesday.

South Korea's Hotel Lotte Co is planning to return to equity capital markets in the near future with another IPO attempt, chairman Shin Dong-bin said in a press briefing on Tuesday.

One month from the US regulator fining the New York unit of Mega International Commercial Bank, Taiwanese lenders are feeling the pressure and facing an unprecedented level of scrutiny on their existing loan books. But the extra paperwork should be viewed as a minor inconvenience with long-term benefits.

PNB Housing Finance has launched its Rp30bn ($449m) IPO, India’s second largest this year, to an enthusiastic response from anchor investors as the country's FIG names continue to draw interest.

Air India is tapping the syndicated loan market to refinance a $69.065m aircraft purchase facility. The carrier, which reported its first operating profit in a decade in the 2016 fiscal year, is relying on a guarantee from the Indian government to reel in demand.

HSBC has appointed Arsalaan Ahmed to helm its Malaysian Islamic banking operations, the bank said in a statement.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing will introduce a ‘volatility control mechanism’ next month for its derivatives market in a bid to stop trading errors and other incidents causing extreme price volatility.

Australia and New Zealand Bank has mandated leads for a European roadshow with a view to issuing a euro denominated covered bond or a senior unsecured benchmark, or both. DG Hyp has mandated leads for a long eight year Pfandbrief.

The African Development Bank could follow the lead of the World Bank in issuing a bond denominated in special drawing rights, its treasurer has told GlobalCapital.

State Bank of India is getting ready to pick banks for a $750m refinancing, even as it is in the process of wrapping up an increased $500m syndicated facility.