Asia Pacific

China Telecom Corp has priced its Rmb47.11bn ($7.3bn) A-share listing, a deal that is smaller than expected but will still set a global record for 2021.

China’s securitization market was bustling with deals this week. Toyota Motor Finance (China) Co followed Beijing Hyundai Auto Finance Co to launch a Rmb5bn ($774m) auto loan ABS deal, with two more transactions also in the works.

Gemdale Corp reopened the bond market for high yield Chinese property companies on Thursday with a $480m green deal that landed at fairly 'aggressive' levels.

Philippine property developers Megaworld Corp and Robinsons Land Corp have got approvals from the country’s regulator to float real estate investment trusts (Reits).

South Korea’s stock exchange has approved Hyundai Heavy Industries Co's IPO of around W1tr ($875.4m).

Joey Mak, a former loans banker at Mizuho, has joined Bank of Communications as section head of the structured finance department.

A $350m sustainability-linked loan for Cal-Comp Electronics (Thailand) Public Co has been launched into syndication.

Chinese local government financing vehicle Hangzhou Shangcheng District Urban Construction & Comprehensive Development Co raised $200m from a three year bond on Thursday.

The Northern Territory Treasury Corporation hit the market with a 31 year bond on Wednesday, extending its curve by nine years.

Mainland-based Xinte Energy Co raised HK$1.03bn ($132m) on Wednesday by selling a block of new H-shares, its debut equity issue.

The Thai subsidiary of Taiwan’s Chailease International Finance Corp has returned to the loan market.

China’s regional lenders have been busy tapping both the onshore equity and debt markets for capital this year, but a slew of recent rating downgrades serve as a warning that the pressure facing the country’s small lenders remains high. Addison Gong reports.