Asia Pacific
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Hana Bank will price a two-tranche Samurai bond later this week, becoming the fourth South Korean commercial bank to turn to Japanese investors for funding.
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China Tianrui Cement is meeting investors this week to drum up demand for a possible dim sum deal, turning to offshore renminbi investors after pulling a dollar bond last month.
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China Development Bank is considering selling the longest maturity bond ever attempted in the offshore renminbi market. The mainland bank could sell a 20 year dim sum bond after getting feedback from investors this week.
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Talk about inflated gross domestic product (GDP) data out of China has resurfaced again, with one analyst even calling it "the new Libor" -
China has stepped up its efforts towards greater internationalisation of the renminbi and India ought to do the same with the rupee to prevent its currency from falling behind.
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Kexim is planning its second dim sum bond issue for this year in the fourth quarter, as renminbi swap rates made it cheaper for the bank to obtain US dollars through these bonds.
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Gemdale International Holding offered a rare dim sum bond from a mainland developer last week, closing a Rmb1.2bn ($188.2m) deal that some investors expect to trade heavily up in the secondary market.
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The shares of Russian bank Sberbank may outperform Apple over the next 10 years if Russian reforms go ahead. But there are still clouds in the short term
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Chinese new bank loan growth is the "most hopeful" story in emerging markets at the moment; it may boost Russia and South Africa
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Investors would be better off in emerging markets, which are well placed to withstand the slowdown caused by the euro zone debt crisis, analysts say
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Increasing numbers of local government-backed Chinese SOEs are expected to tap the dim sum market as funding conditions tighten onshore.
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Top 3 Offshore RMB DCM Transactions - 2012 YTD
