Asia Pacific

Nomura has named Oliver Holt as head of debt syndicate for Asia ex-Japan, succeeding veteran banker Alister Moss, who is taking on a new position at the bank.

Seven Chinese issuers bagged Rmb7.3bn ($1.14bn) from their inaugural sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) in the onshore market, as part of Beijing’s efforts to meet its ambitious carbon goals.

Malaysia’s 1MDB is understood to be suing Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan as part of an effort to recoup more than MR96.6bn ($23.5bn) in assets that it claims are linked to the state investment fund.

One of Citi's Asia Pacific debt syndicate co-heads has left the bank, GlobalCapital Asia has learnt.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s New Zealand subsidiary, ASB Finance, has mandated leads for the first Kiwi covered bond since January 2019. At the same time, Berlin Hyp has appointed lead managers for a 12 year mortgage Pfandbrief.

Standard Chartered has revamped its corporate, commercial and institutional banking (CCIB) business, combining its credit and origination operations and promoting a number of senior bankers in Asia.

Chinese health insurance and healthcare crowdfunding platform Waterdrop has raised $360m after pricing its US IPO at the top of the marketed range.

China’s auto loan ABS market reopened strongly in May after a quiet few weeks, with SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co, Volkswagen Finance (China) Co and domestic originator FAW Auto Finance Co all looking to price deals this week.

Guandong Haid Group Co, a Chinese agricultural and animal husbandry company, is in the loan market with its debut offshore borrowing of up to $400m.

Hong Kong's embattled Cathay Pacific Airways is gauging the market’s response for a new dollar bond, its first international outing in more than two decades.

Cement company Nuvoco Vistas Corp is planning a Rp50bn ($681.5m) listing, having filed draft IPO documents with the Indian regulator.

In this round-up, the China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to ask companies to include separate chapters for corporate governance as well as environmental and social responsibilities in their annual financial reports, and three Chinese telecommunications companies will be dropped from the New York Stock Exchange after an unsuccessful appeal.