Asia Pacific

Singapore’s food and agri-business Olam has raised a $1bn loan to support its acquisition of US spices and seasoning company Olde Thompson.

Barclays has hired Mani Joseph from Goldman Sachs to lead its Asia special situations team.

Property manager Central China Management Co has kicked off the roadshow for its IPO. It is aiming to raise up to HK$1.05bn ($135.2m).

A senior China DCM banker from HSBC is taking a new position at CLSA, the international platform of China's Citic Securities.

Property developer China Vanke Co brought a rare investment grade-rated corporate deal to the offshore renminbi (CNH) bond market on Monday, pricing the deal inside its dollar curve after a warm response from investors.

Michelle Wang, who left JP Morgan more than a decade ago, has returned to the bank as its new co-head of China investment banking coverage.

United Overseas Bank and Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark (RFLBST) have mandated leads for covered bond deals amid a weakening spread environment.

Crédit Agricole CIB has conducted what it believes is a unique green bond issue for its Taiwan branch, in which the issuer, investors and underwriters have together made a “solidarity” payment to a charity, Plastic Odyssey, which works to remove plastic pollution from the oceans.

Punjab National Bank has raised Rp18bn ($246.1m) after issuing a block of new shares. The deal drew strong demand from a handful of foreign and domestic financial institutions.

Chinese state-owned Sinochem Group, an oil and chemicals company, has returned to the loan market after one year for a $500m deal.

Three Chinese companies decided to tackle their refinancing needs on Monday with new bonds, grabbing a short issuance window ahead of a public holiday in Hong Kong and some other Asian markets on Wednesday.

JD Logistics has rolled out its long-awaited HK$26.5bn ($3.4bn) listing in Hong Kong, set to be the city’s largest IPO since the beginning of the year.