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Executive is moving to more senior role
India is on track for a record year of IPOs. Global tech giants continue to plough capital into a fast-growing consumer economy that is investing heavily in ensuring it’s a major player — along with the US and China — in an AI-first world
◆ Deal finds demand despite arrest of South Korea's president ◆ High single digit concession left for investors ◆ Leads added spread to calm concerns
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  • Environmental, social and governance investors have done a fine job of making their approach accepted and now mainstream in a money-driven industry. Along the way, they started saying it was all pragmatic, not about principles. That was a fiction, and under the pressure of climate change, it is being replaced with a more rounded philosophy. Jon Hay reports.
  • Many bond investors now say they engage with borrowers on ESG issues. Companies are noticing, and a virtuous circle is beginning to turn. But much of the conversation is still very gentle and diffuse, and not concentrated at the point of capital raising. As Jon Hay reports, more ambitious engagements to change whole industries lie in the future.
  • BNP Paribas is marketing two tranches of non-preferred senior debt in Euroyen format, in what has been an impressive year for the market's supply of debt from foreign banks.
  • China-based X Financial has set the ball rolling for a potential $250m listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Chinese technology unicorn Meituan Dianping has started pre-marketing its potential $4bn Hong Kong IPO, quickly receiving a flood of interest from US investors. But there are challenges ahead, as the company faces a strong affront from e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings.
  • A recent ratings outlook upgrade for Hong Kong developer Nan Fung International Holdings gave it a fillip, helping it raise $500m from a 10 year bond issuance on Tuesday.
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