Asia Pacific

Tencent Holdings-backed Weimob has sealed a HK$1.17bn ($150.1m) top-up placement of new stock, while a handful of the company's shareholders bagged HK$230m from a block trade.

Private equity firm Blackstone has mandated four banks to support its acquisition of India’s Essel Propack (EPL), a specialty packaging company.

In this round-up, two more Chinese corporations defaulted on their domestic bonds, Bank of China (BOC) said offshore bonds were cheaper than onshore in June, and the Hong Kong market welcomed ETFs targeting China’s biotech and cloud computing sectors.

In this round-up, the US and China will meet in Shanghai next Tuesday to continue trade negotiations, newly elected UK prime minister Boris Johnson showed some love to China and Mainland regulators are continuing a crack-down on real estate financing firms.

HSBC’s new global banking boss has quietly redesigned the division and fleshed out a cohesive corporate finance strategy that plays to its strengths, writes David Rothnie.

As core markets in the northern hemisphere begin to cool, SSA issuers are looking towards an Australian dollar sector unaffected by the summer close.

As the market prepares for Libors to end their run as the world’s most prevalent reference rates, there is growing support for the benchmarks to be reprieved.

After creating three billionaires and causing an unprecedented 400% share price rise for one company at the end of the first trading day, Shanghai’s new technology board saw $1bn wiped out on Tuesday. As the feverish excitement among investors cools down, longer-term concerns around China’s IPO markets have emerged, writes Rebecca Feng.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reopened the Australian dollar covered bond market on Thursday with one of the largest deals from an overseas issuer at a cost that matched that of its dollar funding.

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations has returned to the Samurai market with what the issuer and leads said was the lowest ever coupon in the format.

An expected return of Brexit volatility means that there are likely to be fewer UK firms doing IPOs in the fourth quarter of the year, but London will continue to host high profile international listings to make up the shortfall.

ANZ names regional head — SPDB hires new loans chief — ANZ adds to syndication team — Bank of America loses loans banker — Citi appoints execution head