Asia Pacific

Ten more Asian issuers rushed to the dollar bond market on Monday, further adding to the record debt issuance seen in the region last week.

Chinese liquefied natural gas supplier ENN Ecological Holdings Co has made its debut in the offshore loan market through Standard Chartered.

China’s challenger to Starbucks, Luckin Coffee, has raised $979.6m after increasing the size of a combined sale of new shares and a convertible bond, the first tap of the ADS equity-linked market in 2020.

Yes Bank's share price collapsed in Monday morning trading after the Indian lender’s board of directors approved a potential billion-dollar equity fundraising.

In this round-up, the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MoF) transferred 10% of its shares in three large commercial banks to the state-owned social security fund, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange is set to welcome a new chairman and the US treasury secretary has denied rumours of inaccurate translation of the phase one trade deal.

In this round-up, Chinese vice premier Liu He will visit Washington DC next Monday until Wednesday, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange sends its deputy administrator to Guangdong and the Financial Stability and Development Committee reaffirmed the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises.

In this round-up, China’s December consumer price index inflation flattened, Anhui-based Huishang Bank is considering taking over 15% of Baoshang Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is set to sell Rmb80bn ($11.5bn) of offshore perpetual bonds and onshore tier two bonds this year.

Price discovery was in focus for a $400m debut bond from Philippine conglomerate Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) on Thursday, as the unrated company brought out a rare 10 non-call five year senior deal from the country.

Mainland-based property developer Sunac China Holdings has raised HK$8bn ($1.03bn) after issuing a chunk of new shares.

Shriram Transport Finance Co appealed to investors in the US by selling a social bond that flew off the shelves, allowing the Indian non-banking financial company to raise $500m.

Improved market conditions and a more realistic pricing target allowed a failed deal in December from a local government financing vehicle (LGFV) to sail through this week, while two more property developers joined an offshore funding spree from the sector.

Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production Public Co made a quick return to the debt market on Thursday, selling a 10 year bond less than two months after closing a 40 year deal.