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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 leads on HM Sampoerna’s Rph20.8tr ($1.4bn) follow-on have told investors that the trade is covered across the price range, after the Indonesian unit of Philip Morris International attracted a slew of long-only investors. -
A paper published by the University of Hong Kong argues that the city’s IPO sponsors may not in fact be subject to civil and criminal liabilities on prospectuses. This is a departure from the position taken by the Securities and Futures Commission last year, writes Philippe Espinasse.
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Maybank became the first Asia Pacific issuer to launch a Pro-Bond in May 2014. It was the bank’s first foray into the Japanese capital markets, and also represented a useful shot in the arm for the fledgling Pro-Bond initiative. Maybank has since graduated to a Samurai, allowing a useful comparison between the two markets.
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Korean banks have pulled back from the Samurai market, as funding costs have moved against them, but some other names have stepped into the breach. Australian banks are a key fixture in the Samurai markets, while the arrival of Maybank this year gives a pointer to future issuance. Asia Pacific financial institutions issuers are also proving instrumental in the steady development of the Pro-Bond market. Volatility in China, however, is not helping anybody. In September, some of Asia Pacific’s leadering FIG borrowers spoke to GlobalCapital about prospects in the Japanese capital markets.
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Japan’s corporate bond issuers are facing razor-thin pricing in their domestic market, able to get away with thinner spreads than they have pulled off for years. But the new spread environment has not made everyone happy — and bond volumes have tumbled as a result. Matthew Thomas reports.
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An evolution is happening in emerging market issuers’ use of yen funding. For many years, many of them have only been able to issue Samurai bonds by using JBIC’s GATE (Guarantee and Acquisition toward Tokyo market Enhancement) programme, but steadily more of them are stepping up to standalone issuance. At the same time, benchmark borrowers are bringing along less established issuers from the same countries in their wake
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