Asia Pacific
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Kyle Bass, made famous by shorting the US housing market in the run up to the financial crisis, has told GlobalCapital that the Chinese state is a paper tiger on the road to collapse. The Texan, who has been on a fierce campaign against the Chinese Communist Party for years now, says that US politicians are finally catching up with his position. -
Converge ICT Solutions, an internet service provider, has bagged Ps25.2bn ($521.1m) from its Philippine IPO after pricing the stock just off the bottom of the marketed range.
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In this round-up, China joins an initiative backed by the World Health Organization for fair global access to Covid-19 vaccines, the country’s foreign exchange reserves slide, and US president Donald Trump continues blaming Beijing for causing the pandemic.
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Excellence Commercial Property and Facilities Management Group has closed its IPO early on the back of strong investor demand. It is looking to price its deal at the top of the range, according to a source close to the listing.
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Kasikornbank Public Co rolled out its first Basel III-compliant additional tier one subordinated dollar transaction on Thursday. The Thai borrower bagged $500m on the back of an orderbook that reached $2.5bn at its peak.
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Chinese startup Dida, a ride-sharing platform, is looking to float on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, having filed a draft prospectus with the bourse.
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Bank of Communications has hired Raymond Yip to its loans team in Hong Kong.
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Kaspi, the Kazakh fintech and e-commerce firm, has attracted enough orders to cover the books on its London IPO on the first day, according to sources close to the deal.
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Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil company KazMunayGas raised a dollar bond on Wednesday, after what some investors described as a lengthy roadshow. KMG is the latest in a string of Kazakh borrowers that have come to capital markets over the last year to raise funding as investors develop an appetite for the central Asian country.
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Chinese peer-to-peer lender Lufax Holding filed IPO paperwork in the US on Wednesday for what is expected to be a jumbo listing.
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Southeast Asian bankers are enjoying a revival in primary equity raising, after three large deals were launched or set to be priced this week. Bankers are guardedly optimistic they can keep up the momentum. Jonathan Breen reports.
