Asia Pacific

ANZ has appointed Shayne Collins as a managing director of its markets business, the Australian lender announced on Monday.

The short-end of the CNY swap curve has been bid on the back of today's weak yuan fix while disappointing economic data has triggered offers in the belly. Separately, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is considering direct trading of CNY/ZAR FX, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.

Samsonite International has signed a credit agreement with its lenders for the $2.425bn financing it took out to back its takeover of premium luggage maker Tumi, according to a company filing.

Less than two weeks after its Singapore branch issued a three year bond, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s Hong Kong unit is now joining the fray with an identical transaction.

China's central bank and finance ministry are set to reach an agreement over accounting rules for Panda bond issuers, according to a senior figure at the bank.

Parag Milk Foods has priced its Rp7.4bn ($110.8m) Indian IPO at the bottom of revised guidance after having to extend the subscription period by three days to fill a gap in the institutional investor portion of the deal.

TPI Polene Power is looking to list on the Stock Exchange of Thailand via leads CIMB, Maybank and Tisco Securities.

The Republic of Indonesia has mandated three banks to work on a Samurai bond that is expected to launch later in the year.

Promoters of the Indian automaker Eicher Motors have raised Rp20.9bn ($313.1m) after selling a block of shares in a club deal.

Macau casino operator SJM Holdings has launched a HK$25bn ($3.2bn) dual-tranche financing into general syndication with proceeds to be used for the construction of a new project in the gambling hub.

ICBC Financial Leasing sold a 10 year note for the first time as part of a triple-tranche return to the bond market. The financial leasing company had wanted to extend its dollar curve but was also encouraged by the success of its industry rival BOC Aviation last month.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is working on its debut Panda bond and has mandated two banks on the deal. However the trade still has to overcome a number of barriers including the ongoing issues around accounting, two sources have told GlobalRMB.