Asia Pacific
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Korea Investment & Securities marketed a three year and a five year bond on Monday, raising a combined $600m. -
Private equity firm Blackstone is raising $1.1bn to support its purchase of a stake in Indian IT company Mphasis. The deal is set to be the largest leveraged buyout loan in the country — and comes with a group of 13 bookrunners at the top. Pan Yue reports.
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Uzbekistan re-entered the international bond markets on Monday for its third ever issue. The dual currency bond it was marketing aimed at drawing in the widest possible investor base, market participants said
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Indonesian e-commerce company Bukalapak has hit the market with a jumbo IPO of up to Rph21.9tr ($1.5bn), on track to be the country’s largest listing.
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Commodities company Trafigura’s Singapore arm is making its annual return to the Asian loan market, this time opting for a sustainability-linked facility.
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Hong Kong-based financial leasing company Far East Horizon raised Rmb500m ($77m) from a two year Panda bond in the domestic Chinese market at the end of last week.
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Sri Lanka's dollar bonds bounced back at the end of last week, following news that the country's central bank is ready to repay debt set to mature this month.
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Qatar National Bank Group has opened a Hong Kong branch in a move to further expand its global presence.
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In this round-up, China’s central bank will cut the reserve requirement ratio for banks by 50bp, Beijing further tightens its grip on overseas IPOs of technology companies, and the top antitrust watchdog blocks Tencent Holdings’ plan to merge two of the country’s largest videogame streamers.
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Activity in the recruitment market for sustainable capital markets experts has ticked up this year, as banks looking to staff up in this area see a small but growing talent pool to tap. A recent hire by Santander in London is a good example.
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Credit Suisse has named veteran investment banker Janice Hu as its new chief executive for China.
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Malaysian credit reporting firm CTOS Digital has raised MR1.21bn ($288.9m) after its IPO was subscribed 27.6 times.
