Asia Pacific

Cheerwin Group, a Chinese company that makes personal and household care products, has thrown open its up to HK$3.1bn ($400m) Hong Kong IPO, testing investor appetite following a slump in the benchmark index this week over a planned increase in the stamp duty paid on stock trading.

The sell-off in the US Treasury and equity markets intensified this week as hopes rose of faster economic growth which could lead the Federal Reserve to taper quantitative easing. But that did not stop Japanese telecoms company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp raising $8bn with its first dollar bond issue for nine years, amid a stampede for cheap funding.

Development Bank of Japan became the second SSA borrower of the week to sell a dollar benchmark in the supplied three year tenor, tightening pricing by 5bp on the sustainability bond.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) had a storming outing in the bond markets this week, easily raising €1bn in Europe and $8bn on the other side of the Atlantic to refinance M&A bridge debt.

Svenska Handelsbanken returned to the Kangaroo market this week to print a five year preferred senior deal at a decade tight level, as the long-term absence of funding from the Aussie market's major domestic banks drives down senior spreads.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea returned to the offshore renminbi bond market after nearly three years this week. It took advantage of a recent rally in the CNH swap rate to raise Rmb1.5bn ($232.4m). Addison Gong reports.

Indiabulls Housing Finance has sold India’s first international convertible bond in more than a year, spurring interest from other companies struggling to raise funds in the country’s domestic market. But potential issuers will have to deal with a lot of regulatory hurdles, writes Jonathan Breen.

Indian telecommunication company Bharti Airtel found strong support from global investors for its bond this week, allowing it to raise more money than expected and price the $1.25bn deal at a tight level.

A Covid baby boom has come to capital markets.

Hong Kong's Castle Peak Power Co sold its third energy transition bond on Wednesday, raising $300m and solidifying its leadership in the sector in Asia.

SciClone Pharmaceuticals bagged HK$2.18bn ($281.2m) after pricing its IPO high on the back of storming demand from institutional and retail investors, according to sources close to the deal.

Indian renewable energy company ReNew Power is planning to list on the Nasdaq in the US through an $8bn merger with a special purpose acquisition company (Spac).