Asia Pacific

Goldman Sachs has restructured its capital markets teams in Asia, naming new co-heads for the equity and credit units.

UBS hires for China strategy – New tech board for Shanghai – HKEX eyes blockchain for Stock Connect – PBoC warns against Evergrande, Fosun, HNA

LG Display Co unveiled its debut dollar bond on Wednesday, taking home $300m from a green-labelled deal.

Equity fundraising activity in Asia should not be dampened by any impact from the US mid-term elections, market observers said this week. However, issuers are set to stay on the sidelines while they await more clarity.

Hong Kong-listed Man Wah Holdings and China Water Affairs Group are seeking offshore loans of $100m and $200m respectively.

Shenzhen International Holdings is set to issue its second Panda bond, seeking an ambitious Rmb4.7bn ($678m). Regular issuer GLP is also planning a comeback.

New York-listed aircraft leasing company Aircastle, owned by Japan's Marubeni Corp, has returned to the loan market for a $250m revolving credit facility.

Barito Pacific and Bank Rakyat Indonesia have returned to the international loan market for new fundraisings.

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South Korea’s financial regulator is planning a series of capital market reforms to loosen its grip on the IPO process, giving a much-needed boost to small and medium-sized companies looking to raise equity. Jonathan Breen reports.

State-owned mining company Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) closed a $4bn bond this week, letting loans bankers off the hook from a planned bridge facility. Addison Gong reports.

Small southeast Asian borrowers are coming to the market in force, signalling a shift from the conglomerates that traditionally tap the market. The supply is offering much-needed relief to lenders, who are seeing margins squeezed elsewhere. Pan Yue reports.