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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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  • HSBC’s former Asia Pacific leveraged and acquisition finance head Lyndon Hsu is understood to be heading to Standard Chartered to lead its levfin business.
  • It has been a long time coming but Indonesia has finally regained its investment grade status from all three major ratings agencies, after S&P boosted the sovereign’s rating to BBB- from BB+ with a stable outlook on May 19.
  • China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) defied any jitters caused by Moody’s downgrade of China’s sovereign on Wednesday, pricing a senior perpetual bond. The only dollar debt issuer to brave the market, the state-owned company’s strong following helped it price inside fair value, said bankers.
  • Reliance Infrastructure has received the final go ahead from India’s market regulator to list its infrastructure investment fund, putting it on track to be the country’s third InvIT IPO.
  • Block deals are being printed in Asia with a vengeance this year, with follow-on activity already double that of IPOs. In the past few weeks, successive overnight bookbuilds and IPOs kept bankers busy as stocks hit record highs. Barring a major upset, the gravy train looks set to continue, writes John Loh.
  • WuXi Biologics’ HK$3.9bn ($510.4m) IPO is off to a resounding start, with books multiple times covered within hours of opening on Thursday, according to bankers close to the deal.
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