Asia Pacific

AllHome Corp has gone live with its IPO in the Philippines, as it works with a five-strong syndicate to raise up to Ps15.8bn ($304.2m) from a mixed primary and secondary share offering.

State Bank of India is looking to raise at least Rp26.95bn ($378m) from a stake sale in SBI Life Insurance Co, receiving a flood of early demand.

After several years of rumours and speculation, Russia’s long nurtured plans to issue renminbi government bonds will come to fruition in this year or in early 2020. The country will not borrow in dollars, but may borrow in euros and yuan, writes Lewis McLellan.

Several participants familiar with the London Stock Exchange Group's (LSEG) bid to buy Refinitiv are unimpressed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's (HKEX) £31.6bn bid for the LSEG itself and believe it unlikely to tempt shareholders. Silas Brown and Karoliina Liimatainen report.

SSA issuers turned towards niche currencies this week to meet a range of demand across the Australian and Canadian dollar curves. KfW and the Asian Development Bank started the week printing in Australian dollars, before the World Bank joined them in the currency while also returning to the Maple market.

The African Development Bank has delayed the issuance of its inaugural Panda bond to 2020, after previously hoping to make its debut in China’s interbank bond market this year.

CME Group announced on Wednesday that it will launch new futures contracts that provide market participants with exposure to the physical Chinese gold market.

Battersea Power Station, the former power station on the banks of the Thames in London, has got £600m of additional term loans for the third phase of its redevelopment.

Myanmar has made a raft of regulatory changes to attract foreign investment, removing ownership limits and cutting red tape. But senior figures in the country admit that poor infrastructure is a major problem — and the solution requires private capital. Morgan Davis reports.

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South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix had to get over a number of hurdles for its $500m bond issuance, but a complicated price discovery process ended with the notes being in hot demand both in the primary and secondary markets. Addison Gong reports.

BMW Auto Finance (China) is planning a comeback to asset-backed notes on September 17, and will replicate the structure of its April debut in the market.