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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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  • China East Education Holdings has launched bookbuilding for its potential HK$5.3bn ($681m) IPO.
  • Chinese e-commerce and tech behemoth Alibaba Group Holding is planning its second listing, which will most likely be on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Amid uncertainty and volatility from the US-China trade war, the move is being hailed as a long-overdue homecoming. Gina Lee reports.
  • Chinese authorities took over Baoshang Bank this week, the first time the state has taken control of a financial institution in two decades. Despite the central bank promising to guarantee most deposits held by Baoshang, yields on similarly rated banks’ outstanding short-term debt jumped as issuance volumes tumbled — leading the central bank to take the ‘unusual’ move of injecting liquidity into the market for three consecutive days. Rebecca Feng reports.
  • South Korean oil refiner GS Caltex Corp raised $300m from a senior bond on Wednesday.
  • The Hong Kong financial regulator has fined China Merchants Securities’ local arm for breaching its IPO code of conduct while working on the listing of China Metal Recycling.
  • The focus of leveraged finance has shifted from outbound Chinese acquisitions to intra-Asia deals this year, according to speakers at the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association’s annual conference in Singapore this week. Although many bankers are seeing opportunities in India and Indonesia, they say that with less overall supply, companies are pushing for lower pricing and looser covenants.
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