Asia Pacific

The advance of global warming, highlighted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report this week, not only demands that the private sector accelerate efforts to cut carbon emissions. Companies must also adapt to the changing climate – and this will involve interacting in new ways, experts say.

Asia International School (AISL) is tapping the offshore market for a debut loan of up to $180m.

The People’s Republic of China, acting through its Ministry of Finance (MoF), priced a $3bn return to the international bond market, pushing out its maturity profile to 30 years. But a weaker backdrop meant that the order book was not as strong as its dollar trade last year.

Vietnam’s Vinfast Trading and Production has raised a $950m guaranteed term loan to help it buy machinery and equipment from nine German suppliers.

Qingdao Haier has set final price guidance for its D-share IPO. The Chinese white goods maker is eyeing proceeds of up to €397.5m from a smaller than expected debut for the asset class.

The terrible earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island last month has served as a wake-up call for the country’s Ministry of Finance, which is now looking at issuing catastrophe bonds.

Standard Chartered’s RMB internationalisation index hit a nearly two-year high, State Street entered the RMB qualified foreign institutional with a splash, and index provider IHS Markit partnered with a Chinese clearinghouse for a new set of bond indices.

IMF data shows the renminbi saw a nearly 40% jump in global foreign exchange reserves in Q2, the US Treasury introduced interim rules to monitor Chinese investment in US firms, and the US Treasury is also likely set to name China a currency manipulator as early as next week.

China Fortune Land Development Co added $70m to its existing 2020 bonds in a quick tap this week.

Thailand Future Fund hit screens on Friday, with a set of cornerstone investors looking to help get its Bt44.7bn ($1.4bn) IPO across the line.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) second offshore RMB (CNH) auction in 2018 raised Rmb5bn ($720m) on Wednesday. Despite recent RMB depreciation, the demand for CNH bonds remains, albeit in modest amounts.

A sharp sell-off in US equities on Wednesday led to global panic on Thursday as other indices followed suit. Asian and European markets showed some sign of life on Friday, although were still a long way down, but the ramifications of a change in risk sentiment could have lasting effects across capital markets, write Sam Kerr, Ross Lancaster, Costas Mourselas, Craig McGlashan and Aidan Gregory.