Asia Pacific

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.

Asian debt bankers were forced to react to a tumultuous week of protests in Hong Kong, cutting short the bookbuilding window for new deals. But although bankers had to change tactics, the market largely endured the turmoil. Addison Gong reports.

China's Huali University Group launched bookbuilding on Wednesday for its Hong Kong IPO, targeting proceeds of up to HK$978m ($124.9m).

Gome Retail Holdings, a Chinese retailer of electronic appliances, has cancelled an exchange-plus-new-money transaction, after investor feedback on pricing pointed to a higher yield than it wanted to pay.

Volkswagen Finance (China) has returned to the Chinese auto loan ABS market after a two-year break. The company priced the senior tranche of its Rmb5.97bn ($851) deal at the lower end of guidance.

Crédit Agricole announced on Thursday a reorganisation of its global markets financing and funding solutions (FFS) division, which includes several senior job changes, including the promotions of Atul Sodhi and Jean-Luc Lamarque, reported by GlobalCapital on Wednesday.

Investors looked beyond Nanyang Commercial Bank's Hong Kong home to its Chinese parent this week, allowing the borrower to close a $700m Basel III-compliant tier two subordinated deal, despite the protests happening in the city.

India’s Tata Motors was dealt a blow by the market on Wednesday, as it was forced to contend with protests in Hong Kong as it tried to sell a dollar bond.

China Merchants Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust has kicked off a pre-deal investor roadshow for its Hong Kong SAR listing. It is set to break a six-year drought of Reit IPOs on the bourse.

Crédit Agricole has promoted its head of debt syndicate to a larger global role.