Asia Pacific

Uzbekistan is committed to improving its productive capacity and institutional strength on the way to achieving sustainable economic development.

An ambitious and multifaceted reform programme is underway to take an already sound economy and open it to international markets

GlobalMarkets: Your president has made it clear that he expects the country’s banks to improve their efficiency as part of the overall economic liberalisation programme. What is the NBU doing to accomplish this task?

SoftBank returned to euro and dollar bond markets after a three year absence to issue an eight tranche deal, raising more than $7bn-equivalent from total demand of more than $16bn, and hitting every empty spot in its funding curve at once.

Citi has shaken up the top ranks of its corporate banking business in Taiwan following a senior banker’s decision to retire from the firm.

Medlive Technology and Brii Biosciences are tapping investors for a combined HK$6.7bn ($863m).

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities raised $300m from its green bond on Tuesday.

Bank of Communications Hong Kong has sold its first Basel-III compliant tier two bond. The deal was four times subscribed at its peak.

West China Cement returned to the bond market this week after an absence of nearly seven years to raise $600m.

Four Chinese local government financing vehicles courted dollar investors on Tuesday, raising $870m between them.

South Korean pharmaceutical company HK Inno.N Corp has kicked off pre-deal investor education for its IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi has raised $4.4bn from its New York Stock Exchange IPO, increasing the size of the float after investors pumped more than $40bn of orders into the book.