Asia Pacific

India's Adani Transmission wooed investors to a $500m long-dated bond issuance on Thursday, offering them some concession for the amortising nature of the notes.

In this round-up, Alibaba Group Holding’s Singles’ Day sales hit a record high, industrial production growth and credit growth both slowed in October and Standard Chartered’s Renminbi Globalisation Index reached a year-to-date high.

OneConnect Financial Technology, an arm of Chinese financial conglomerate Ping An Group, has set the ball rolling for an up to $100m US IPO, having previously sought to list in Hong Kong.

Andrea Casati, vice-chairman of equity capital markets for Asia Pacific at UBS, left the bank earlier this month, according to a source close to the situation.

China Aluminum International Engineering Corp (Chalieco) raised $350m from a senior perpetual bond after closing the order book much earlier than usual. Shanghai Electric (Group) Corp made a rare visit to the dollar market.

Credit Suisse has lost the talisman of its investment banking and capital markets (IBCM) division, James 'Jim' Amine, but says the unit is "absolutely core", writes David Rothnie.

Natixis adds to green team — SocGen picks new Apac CEO — GS India co-CEO retires

A Citi banker was arrested by Hong Kong police this week, as the protests in the city intensified.

Over my many years in Hong Kong, I have seen a lot. I've watched the city go from being a British colony to become part of China. I've seen a real estate boom and luxury shopping replace old local stores. I've seen protests and political turmoil. But all that has little prepared me for what has happened here this week.

Private equity firms have found plenty of investment opportunities in India this year, with their focus on the country set to increase as the crisis around non-banking financial companies unfolds. This means that leveraged loans bankers are getting ready for more action, writes Pan Yue.

China Development Bank hired a dozen foreign banks for its latest green bond, raising Rmb10bn ($1.4bn) from a domestic market deal that attracted major offshore demand. Rebecca Feng reports.

Alibaba Group Holding has kicked off its up to $13.4bn Hong Kong IPO, set to be the largest listing on the bourse for nearly a decade. Bankers are confident the deal will be a success, but they are navigating challenging times in the city’s stock market, which plunged this week as violence during protests escalated. Jonathan Breen reports.