Asia Pacific

The People’s Bank of China will issue bills worth Rmb20bn ($2.87bn) in Hong Kong next week, in what analysts see as a signal of closer oversight of offshore renminbi (CNH) liquidity.

Two former Goldman Sachs bankers have been charged by the US Department of Justice in the first criminal probe against individuals in its investigation of disgraced sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

The Indian government sold a 3.18% stake in Coal India on Thursday, adding Rp52.7bn ($722.9m) to its coffers.

Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust (CEReit) is looking to raise €224.1m through a rights issue to fund acquisitions of commercial properties and offices.

A flexible approach allowed Shangri-La Hotel to tap into the Singapore dollar bond market on Thursday for S$825m, a rare outing that helped it stave off pressing loan liabilities.

Changchun Urban Development & Investment Holdings (Group) Co leveraged on its positioning as a key infrastructure investment and construction company for the local Chinese government to woo investors to its $400m bond return on Thursday.

Bitcoin has its birthday on Halloween. Make of that what you will. The shadowy phantom (or cabal of phantoms) known as Satoshi Nakamoto published the bitcoin whitepaper 10 years ago.

TP ICAP’s data and analytics division has entered into a partnership with Credit Benchmark, a data analytics firm focusing on credit.

Stability of foreign currency funding is a priority for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and covered bonds provide a new level of balance in this regard, according to the bank’s head of treasury. Since other borrowers in Japan are sure to be thinking along the same lines, the market for Japan's covered bond is likely to have tremendous scope for growth.

Two Chinese companies, Guodong Network Communications and Bestway Global Holding, have ventured out for their maiden loans, seeking €150m ($170m) and $150m respectively.

Is banking due its own #MeToo moment? So far, there have been few whistle blowers in this testosterone filled industry, perhaps suggesting either that banks are much less sexist than some might fear, or that there are still a lot of stories yet to surface.

Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata Motors, has returned for a $1bn loan, just months after closing a smaller £640m ($839m) dual-tranche facility.