Asia Pacific

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Aberdeen Standard Investments have formed a partnership to develop sustainable debt capital markets in emerging Asia.

Barclays has appointed Matt Pecot as head of markets for Asia Pacific, succeeding Mark Dearlove who will be retiring this year after nearly 25 years at the bank.

JP Morgan has appointed Park Pu as head of investment banking of JP Morgan Securities China Company.

Genius Auto Finance, a joint venture between Geely Automobile and BNP Paribas Personal Finance, is planning a return to the auto loan ABS market on July 18 with a Rmb4bn ($581.6m) four-tranche deal.

Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has managed to raise $500m from a tightly priced zero coupon exchangeable bond.

In this round-up, trade talks resumed on shaky ground, the insurance regulator tightened rules on trusts investing in real estate companies, the State Council promised to ease the tax burden for smaller enterprises and the government completed the takeover of Anbang Insurance

In this round-up, S&P Global’s wholly-owned China unit gave its first onshore rating to ICBC Leasing, Italy will strengthen ties with the Mainland through a Panda bond and Bond Connect volumes rise.

Australia’s bank capital regulator has refused to back down from requiring the country’s largest banks to meet new loss-absorbing debt targets with tier two bonds, raising the prospect of a wave of supply over the next four years. The question now is: how much will it cost them? Tyler Davies reports.

The International Finance Corp (IFC) started its 2019/20 funding year on Tuesday with a pair of Swedish krona green bond taps in the private market.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has pledged to host at least 25 companies on the Star board by July 22, when it opens for trading. That tight deadline caused nine companies to open books on the same day this week.

Chinese property developers have started opting for longer tenors on their dollar bonds, as investors eagerly take on duration risk. As the interest rate outlook becomes clearer, the trend is set to continue — but only for a select few. Addison Gong reports.

India’s plan to sell foreign currency bonds for the first time has prompted eager speculation among debt bankers in Asia. While bankers disagree over when the deal will launch and exactly what fair value will be, many expect the deal to come with a razor-thin spread. Silas Brown reports.