Asia Pacific

Happiest Minds Technologies kicked off a three-day bookbuilding for its Indian IPO on Monday.

Indian mobile network provider Vodafone Idea is planning to raise as much as Rp150bn ($2.05bn) from an equity placement that is part of a multi-billion-dollar fundraising.

Chinese government-related entities (GREs) and local government finance vehicles (LGFVs) received more rating upgrades than downgrades from Fitch Ratings in the first half of 2020, but the pricing differences between bonds from quality names and weaker credits remain stark, said DCM bankers.

China’s Fulu Holdings hit the market on Monday, opening books for an IPO that could raise up to HK$890m ($114.8m).

Chinese real estate company Kaisa Group Holdings has launched a HK$4.015bn ($518m) loan to support the construction of a residential building in Hong Kong.

In this round-up, the China Securities Regulatory Commission lays out plans to attract more foreign investors, the Hong Kong police arrests 270 demonstrators for unlawful assembly, and the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges publish complementary rules for infrastructure real estate investment trusts.

Indonesian property developer Modernland Realty missed a coupon payment on its dollar bond this week, triggering a further downgrade in its rating.

Hong Kong property developer CK Asset Holdings priced its $300m bond at a record tight level for a fixed-for-life deal on Thursday.

Investors rewarded Zhenro Properties Group for selling its first green bond this week, pumping orders into the $350m transaction and allowing the issuer to price the deal at its lowest coupon ever.

Bank of Communications used its Hong Kong arm for a tightly priced dual-tranche deal on Thursday, bringing back floating rate and fixed rate combo bonds for Chinese financial credits.

Yum China, the Mainland-based fast food franchise operator, was eyeing at least HK$17.3bn ($2.2bn) in fresh equity on Friday after giving investors some price guidance for its secondary listing in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong-based conglomerate First Pacific Co had to navigate underperforming bonds from peers and difficulties around price discovery for its $350m bond return.