Asia Pacific

The board of directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has renewed the contract of chief executive Charles Li for three years.

Pete Osborne, a former director at Singapore Exchange (SGX), has resurfaced at Canadian exchange operator TMX Group in London as head of European equity trading sales.

Indian lender Yes Bank has won approval from shareholders to raise up to $1bn in fresh capital through a variety of methods, including a qualified institutional placement (QIP).

Bank of China Group Investment (BOCGI) is returning to the Panda market after a year-long absence. Unlike the last transaction, the issuer will sell the bond on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, instead of the interbank bond market, marking its first outing on the exchanges.

Jiangxi Bank Co has kicked off a week-long roadshow for its up to HK$7.8bn ($992.9m) Hong Kong IPO, set to be the second largest listing in the city so far this year.

Future Land Holdings Co raised $200m from a slightly unusual 3.75 year bond on Tuesday, but found investors distracted by the landmark Trump-Kim summit in Singapore.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has convened a high-powered group of financial markets experts as it considers overhauling a ban on the country's companies listing offshore.

New York Stock Exchange-listed Sea, an online gaming firm, is bookbuilding for its debut convertible bond worth some $400m.

Does it matter if a green bond becomes separated from the green assets that underlie it? The link keeps the issuer honest — but shouldn’t the green bond market be doing more than that?

TruePTS, a derivatives post-trade company set up by trueEX, is gearing up to face off against derivatives processing utility MarkitSERV as it launches its offering for buy-side firms.

Industrial Bank of Korea mandated banks for a social bond issuance on Tuesday, viewing the product as a natural fit for the first transaction from its socially responsible bond framework. Meanwhile, ICBC Asia is looking to sell a new green deal.

China Aoyuan Property Group raised a larger than planned $225m from a tap of its existing note on Monday, but had to pay up for the transaction. A Chinese local government financing vehicle (LGFV), on the other hand, fell short of its size expectation.