Asia Pacific

Calvert Impact Capital, the US impact investing firm, has published a study, the first of its kind, that aims to show the benefit of investing with a consciousness of gender in the context of private impact investments.

HSBC has tapped two of its veteran bankers as Guangdong co-chief executives, as part of the bank’s push in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region.

Japan’s Takeda has signed an up to $3.7bn loan, with the pharmaceuticals company using the funds to continue chipping away at its bridge facility for its acquisition of Ireland’s Shire.

VTB Capital is encouraging Russian borrowers to consider the dim sum market as a supplementary source of funding because their access to core markets has been restricted since the US imposed sanctions in April. However, the potential scale of the dim sum market is limited.

Vietnam Airlines is planning to float on the country’s main board in the first quarter of 2019 as the government looks to trim its stake in the flag carrier.

iDreamSky Technology Holdings has pocketed HK$838m ($107.1m) after pricing its IPO just below the mid-point of guidance, according to a banker close to the deal.

Grand Baoxin Auto Group took $358m from the syndicated loan market after launching its latest deal at $200m in September.

Chinese property developer KWG Group Holdings executed a swift tap last Friday to use up the rest of its fundraising quota for the year, adding $150m to its coffers.

Chinese brokerage Huatai Securities has won approval from the Mainland regulator to list Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) in London through the connect scheme with Shanghai.

Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) is planning to return to the loan market for a $100m facility with an unlimited greenshoe option.

China’s Kunming Dianchi Water Treatment has launched its debut offshore loan of $150m.

In this round-up, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to hold back from new tariffs for 90 days, Bloomberg received the green light from China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Cfets) to become the new trading platform for Bond Connect and CIBM Direct, and UBS obtained approval to acquire a majority share of onshore joint venture UBS Securities.