Asia Pacific
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Singapore dollar bond issuance came back to life in the third quarter of this year, setting the stage for a further ramp up in activity. -
Thai energy drinks manufacturer Osotspa has raised Bt15.1bn ($459.5m) from its IPO, taking advantage of a quiet market and its familiarity among investors to price at the top of the range.
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Vinpearl raised $125m on Thursday night after tapping a $325m exchangeable bond sold in June, managing to navigate the sea of red in equity markets.
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A spike in US Treasury yields on Thursday had a knock-on effect on bond spreads in Asia, posing an additional challenge for issuers ready to head out the gates next week.
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Taipei Fubon Bank has hired Sean Liu, a former ANZ loans banker, to its Singapore office.
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Private equity firm KKR has pocketed D4.88bn ($209.5m) after exiting Masan Group through Vietnam’s largest block trade, according to a source close to the deal.
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As environmental and social “impact” becomes a ubiquitous buzzword in financial markets, the risk of muddle and conflict over what it means has intensified, even giving rise to the term “impact washing”. But efforts to shed light and bring harmony are advancing rapidly, with three major contributions in the space of three weeks.
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The International Finance Corp will launch next week at the World Bank/IMF annual meetings in Bali a set of Operating Principles for Impact Management, which are designed to complement the framework for analysing impact produced by the Impact Management Project.
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The Development Bank of Japan was able to tighten pricing on a €700m October 2025 sustainability bond this week, something not every issuer has found possible in the currency in the past few weeks. Meanwhile, the World Bank tapped an old friend for $200m with a green bond.
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HSBC said on Thursday that it had strengthened its infrastructure and real estate team, hiring six bankers externally and making five internal appointments.
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The International Finance Corp became the first issuer to launch a green Komodo bond — an offshore bond in Indonesian rupiah — on September 28. But the World Bank had the same idea: it launched a sustainability bond in rupiah the following week.
