Asia Pacific

Taiwanese company Quanta Computer is forming the mandated lead arranger and bookrunner group for a $400m loan, four months after one of its subsidiaries sealed a much larger borrowing.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has pulled the plug on its campaign to allow weighted voting rights (WVRs), bowing to pressure from the city’s securities regulator.

The Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (Asifma) has picked Gene Kim as its new chairman of the board of directors.

A €600m ($673m) fundraising for a unit of China National Chemical Corp has gone into general syndication, following a senior phase where just two banks came on board. The lacklustre demand has caused the leads to increase the fees on offer to help drum up more interest.

China gave a clear signal of its ambitions for the long awaited Cross-Border Interbank Payment System by launching it with a series of debut transactions by China and international banks in at least three different continents. CIPS, which was up and running on October 8, is expected to play a key role in the next stage of RMB internationalisation.

A senior member of Mizuho’s international acquisition finance team for Asia has left the bank.

With Argentina’s official reserves falling fast, China looks set to come to the rescue with a $2bn loan

First issuers likely to be supranationals such as ADB and BRICS bank but big corporates to follow after RBI opens up market for Indian credits raising rupees internationally

Voting in Narendra Modi and his BJP party, India was expecting bold reform, slashing red tape, big infrastructure projects and privatisations. Eighteen months on it is still waiting

China’s Silk Road is a grand vision, bringing together Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, Oceania and parts of Africa. Following the stock market crash and intense scrutiny on the slowing economy, it is now more important than ever that the vision turns into reality

An Asian issuer could be about to make its second visit to the socially responsible bond market, with its green offering appearing to have undergone a slight rebranding exercise.

The Japan Post group has announced price ranges for the long-awaited IPOs of its three units, set to collectively raise ¥1.44tr ($12.03bn) to become the biggest offering this century in the country.