Asia Pacific

GlobalCapital China, previously GlobalRMB, is pleased to announce the winners of its annual capital markets awards, honouring the banks, companies and individuals that have made the biggest contribution to bridging the gap between China’s markets and the rest of the world. In part one of the awards, we reveal the most impressive issuers in the FIG, corporate and SSA categories.

Five years after its launch, GlobalRMB has now rebranded as GlobalCapital China. But while our name has changed, our coverage focus has not.

In part three of GlobalCapital Asia's awards results announcements, we reveal the winning bond deals across a variety of categories. In addition, we also name the Best G3 Bond House, Best High Yield Bond House and the winner of the Best House for SRI Financing.

HSBC has named two bankers as global co-heads of its debt capital markets team, replacing Jean-Marc Mercier. It is also planning to open two new desks.

The US financial regulator has permanently barred former Goldman Sachs executive Tim Leissner from the securities industry, for his role in the 1MDB scandal.

Equitas Small Finance Bank is planning a listing of new and secondary stock in India, having filed a draft prospectus with the market regulator on Monday.

Rising defaults by Chinese firms onshore have triggered sell-offs in numerous parts of the dollar bond market over the past few weeks. But international investors appear too complacent about the health of some of the largest debt issuers from the mainland. More scepticism is needed.

A subsidiary of Indonesian conglomerate CT Corp is talking to banks for a $750m refinancing loan, according to bankers close to the situation.

John Lee will become sole head of Greater China global banking at UBS next year, after co-head Xuewen Bi steps down from his day-to-day managerial job.

DBS has hired two bankers to join its syndicated finance team in Singapore.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is adding 23 new members to its IPO review committee, almost a year after severely cutting the membership.

In the second part of our results announcements, we reveal the winning equity deals and banks, including the Best Follow-on/Accelerated Bookbuild, Best Equity-Linked Deal, Best IPO, Best ECM Deal and Best ECM House. Our congratulations to all the winners!