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Bank of China took its pivot away from Libor-linked bonds further this week by selling a dollar note tied to the secured overnight financing rate (Sofr) and a sterling-denominated deal that was the first Sonia-linked bond from a Chinese issuer. While BOC’s transaction was important, bankers say the new benchmarks are still slow to take off in Asia. Morgan Davis reports.

It’s time for investors to pressure borrowers to emphasise Scope 3 emissions if they want to make the difference to climate change they claim they do.

South Korea’s financial regulator has stepped up scrutiny of big IPOs recently, disrupting a few listings and stoking concerns about a pullback in deal flow. Investors have so far been undeterred — but it’s time they start paying attention.

In one of the largest deals in the loan market this year, Stellantis, the Netherlands based company formed from the merger of Fiat Chrysler (FCA) and Peugeot (PSA), has secured a €12bn revolving credit facility. The fresh debt will refinance revolvers from the two car companies.

Communication is the only real policy tool where the European Central Bank still has wiggle room.

Mining firm Compañía de Minas Buenaventura sent a strong message about Peruvian companies’ access to capital markets on Tuesday, pricing its debut bond issue through guidance the day after Pedro Castillo — a leftist teacher who has pledged to hike taxes on miners and redraft the country’s constitution — was confirmed as Peru’s next president.

Car Inc is seeking a new loan after an absence of five years from the market, but it will have to navigate the fallout from Luckin Coffee’s past governance concerns and the latest crackdown by China on technology companies to get its deal across the finish line. Pan Yue reports.

Limited partners in private credit take a hands-off approach when investing in direct lending funds. But they need to pay attention.

India’s first listing of a unicorn has started, as Zomato, a food delivery start-up, made its second day of bookbuilding on Thursday for a Rp98.9bn ($1.32bn) IPO. Droves of investors have already oversubscribed the deal, paving the way for the pipeline of technology listings to come, writes Jonathan Breen.

Uzbekistan re-entered the international bond markets on Monday for its third ever issue. The dual currency bond it was marketing aimed at drawing in the widest possible investor base, market participants said

American Honda, the North American subsidiary of the Japanese automotive maker, hit screens with a euro benchmark trade on Tuesday, as corporate bankers reckon central bank tinkering will see a rise in Reverse Yankees at the back end of the year.

Banks that have access to diverse pockets of demand will be far better equipped to deal with any contraction in central bank liquidity, which could occur if high inflation spooks policy makers and markets.