Asia Pacific

In this round-up, China’s official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fails to meet expectation in July, the US puts additional information disclosure requirements in place for Chinese IPO hopefuls, and foreign financial institutions continue expanding in the Mainland.

Macau's Luso International Bank sold an additional tier one bond last Friday, raising $248m.

Glenmark Life Sciences, a pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer, wrapped up a three-day bookbuild for its India IPO on Thursday. The deal, worth up to Rp15.5bn ($208.6m), was covered 15.5 times.

Chinese online travel agency Tongcheng-Elong Holdings is making its debut in the offshore loan market for $200m.

Acme Solar Holdings was one of the few borrowers in Asia to brave volatile market conditions on Thursday to sell its debut dollar bond.

Louis Dreyfus Co Asia has become the latest commodities company to tap the debt market, seeking a $450m sustainability-linked loan that is being widely syndicated.

Chinese stocks were in freefall this week after Beijing tightened rules for the for-profit education sector, sparking a fresh — and severe — bout of volatility in the equities market. While the timing for new IPOs is far from ideal, there is hope yet for companies, say ECM bankers. Jonathan Breen reports.

HK Inno.N Corp, a South Korean pharmaceuticals company known for its popular hangover tonics, has priced its IPO at the top of the marketed range, netting W596.9bn ($520.9m).

It’s funny how every four years we all become increasingly patriotic and turn experts in niche sports we would otherwise never watch.

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) has sold a renminbi-denominated perpetual bond, becoming the first of the country’s three policy lenders to tap the onshore debt market for additional tier one capital. Addison Gong reports.

Chia Tai Animal Husbandry Investment (Beijing) Co, an onshore China entity of Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group, is borrowing its first offshore loan directly.

China Everbright Greentech has priced a Rmb1bn ($154m) Panda bond, attaching a ‘carbon neutrality’ label to its return to the onshore market.