Asia Pacific

India’s well-established renewable energy companies have long been known for selling green bonds, but this week showed that new issuers are ready to join the fray — not just with green deals, but also with sustainability-linked transactions. Morgan Davis reports.

Six Chinese companies sold Rmb6.4bn ($994m) of ‘carbon neutrality bonds’ this week, supporting Beijing’s goal of net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2060. The format could lead to a spike in international investor interest in China’s debt market. Addison Gong reports.

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is planning to bring in sweeping changes to rules governing equity and bond deals, requiring syndicate teams to be fixed earlier and fee structures to be disclosed. The moves have divided bankers. Jonathan Breen and Morgan Davis report.

New Horizon Health, a medical device manufacturer, has scooped up HK$2.04bn ($263.4m) from its IPO after strong institutional investor demand pushed pricing up to the top of the marketed range.

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Chinese cloud-based communications provider Cloopen Group Holdings saw its stock price triple on the first day of trading, after sealing a $320m IPO above the marketed range.

India Toll Roads sold its first dollar bond on Tuesday, becoming just the latest issuer from the country amid an expected surge of supply this year.

Chinese bond investors welcomed the issuance of new ‘carbon neutrality bonds’ this week. Six companies raised a combined Rmb6.4bn ($994m) in the format, supporting Beijing’s goal of net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2060.

Chinese property company Huafa Industrial Co Ltd Zhuhai raised $200m from the sale of a sub-one year note on Tuesday.

China Taiping Insurance Group Co has raised a HK$8.7bn ($1.12bn) loan to refinance debt taken for the acquisition of an office building in Hong Kong.

Baidu has become the latest technology company from China to tap the loan market, breaking a four-year absence from syndication for a $3bn transaction. The company wants to take advantage of the growing popularity of tech deals among bank lenders. Pan Yue reports.