Asia Pacific

In this round-up, deputy-level trade negotiators from China and the US have met, the People’s Bank of China left the medium-term lending facility rate unchanged and the Shanghai government issued more measures to attract foreign investment.

A range of Chinese issuers, including two property developers and a local government financing vehicle, have raised funds from the dollar bond market.

A pair of shareholders in Chinese clothing manufacturer Shenzhou International has pocketed HK$3.23bn ($412.7m) from selling a chunk of the company’s stock.

In this round-up, the gap between Japan's and China’s holdings of US Treasuries widened, Moody’s downgraded Hong Kong's outlook and Bank of China Manila branch gained renminbi clearing bank status.

China Forestry Group is back in the loan market, seeking a $100m deal, with China Everbright and Far Eastern International Bank as the mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.

The European Commission is planning to unveil in October, together with 10 non-EU states, an international organisation to stimulate cross-border cooperation on green finance initiatives.

Adani Transmission, the Indian power transmission firm, has launched a US private placement, according to several market participants, in a debut set to test institutional investors’ appetite for Indian risk.

Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) this week delivered the first post-summer Swiss franc bond from Korea, achieving a record low yield despite coming just ahead of a Swiss National Bank (SNB) policy announcement.

The Republic of Kazakhstan and the State of Montenegro have mandated for the first euro bonds from the CEEMEA region since the market re-opened in September.

Armenia is in the market for its first sovereign Eurobond in four years, hitting screens with a 10 year $500m no-grow.

Site visits for loan deals are often a bit of a bore. Unless the site was a brewery or distillery where we could sample the product, myself and my peers usually sent minions on the tour instead.

HSBC, Macquarie hire former Deutsche bankers – Citi’s Aus, NZ equities head steps down – CIMB rejigs top line-up – Hang Seng’s head of syndication leaves – Moody’s names Apac boss