Asia Pacific

India’s Equitas Holdings has priced its Rp22.5bn ($338.8m) IPO at the top of guidance after investors flooded the deal on the last day of bookbuilding.

Korea Resources Corp (KoRes) is poised for its first appearance of the year in the international bond market, opening books on Monday for a Reg S dollar offering.

AK Medical Holdings has applied to list in Hong Kong and is working with Goldman Sachs as the sole sponsor.

Qingdao Port International is en route to its debut offshore bond issuance and plans to seek approval from its shareholders at an annual general meeting on June 6.

The Brics bank is to finally make its capital markets debut later this month by issuing green bonds in RMB with the proceeds to be channelled into energy and infrastructure projects, sources have told Emerging Markets, a sister publication of GlobalCapital Asia.

Eastspring Investments has named Raymond Tang as chief executive officer of its Malaysia operation, according to a statement from the firm on Monday.

Allocations have been revealed for a $274m triple-tranche loan for Indian pharmaceutical firm Strides Arcolab's acquisition in Australia.

Having left investment banking a while ago, I’m baffled by the increasingly arcane and complex rules that now plague the business — the Chinese Mainland being a particular case in point, writes Philippe Espinasse.

After lending Venezuela more than $65bn over the last eight years, China will soon have to decide whether to go double and keeping on lending, or go quits and let the beleaguered Latin American economy default

While the World Bank and IDB lent a combined $23bn to Latin America last year, Chinese development banks weighed in with nearly $30bn. They are the region’s new strong men and the US establishment is concerned

Vodafone has begun selecting underwriters for the IPO of its Indian arm, with banks asked to sign non-disclosure agreements in order to pitch for a role.

Hong Kong has a very important role to play in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, with the financial centre expected to be accepted as a member as early as June 2016, said Jin Liqun, president of AIIB, at a forum held in Hong Kong on Thursday.