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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
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  • The RMB regained its position as the sixth most used currency for payments globally in May, beating the Swiss franc to the title by a very narrow margin, according to Swift's RMB tracker. The Chinese currency accounted for 1.61% of all payments last month.
  • The entry of A-shares into MSCI’s emerging market index was quickly dismissed by China bears as a non-event, given the tiny weighting Chinese equities will have in the index. But sceptics should learn from history that small weightings often make a big difference to RMB internationalisation — and MSCI’s A-share inclusion might just be an example of that.
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has given yet another boost to the Masala bond market, raising Rp14bn ($217m) from its third offshore-rupee linked note of the year.
  • Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co rattled over multiple speed bumps on its way to a $200m bond on Tuesday, having to navigate picky investors as well as concerns around cross-guarantee of bonds in China’s domestic market.
  • Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific closed a $300m seven year bond on Tuesday, opting for a tight price over size with the debt-raising.
  • India’s Au Small Finance Bank has begun a three day bookbuild for its Rp19.1bn ($295.6m) IPO, with leads not worried by it being placed on the central bank’s caution list for foreign shareholding.
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