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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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  • China seems ready to cut coal from what is acceptable to fund under its green bond standards, caving to the demands of sustainable investing experts. This about-face is a big and positive move for global green financing efforts, but raises questions about global green standards and how the market frames discussions about what is ‘green’.
  • Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) pushed into the dollar market on Monday to close a bond trade ahead of the end of the financial year. The issuer managed to grab $500m from the five year sale, despite a weaker market.
  • British life insurer and asset manager Prudential Corp Holdings is offloading a chunk of shares in its Indian joint venture ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co and is looking to bag at least Rp11.2bn ($162.6m).
  • Last week’s tap of a KWG Group Holdings dollar bond triggered a debate between bankers about what makes for good market practice. The issuer may be an established and reputable one, but the tap was priced with the borrower still in an earnings blackout. If this sort of timing were to take hold, the Asian issuers as a whole will struggle to build a globally diversified investor base.
  • SNK Corp is set to launch an IPO using depository receipts (DRs) on the Korea Exchange next month. It is eyeing up to W169.7bn ($149.7m) in proceeds, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
  • China Railway Signal and Communication Corporation (CRSC), a Hong Kong-listed red-chip company, is seeking a Rmb10.5bn ($1.56bn) IPO on the new Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation board.
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