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    Government debt management offices are facing a new experience: bond investors enquiring about their countries’ environmental, social and governance attributes.
  • In Hong Kong, it seems it only takes one septuagenarian ballroom dancer to cause a massive spike in coronavirus cases. But funding officials can be almost as dangerous.
  • Smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp pocketed $3.96bn this week from a record top-up placement and concurrent convertible bond issue. Investors flocked to the transaction for its rarity value, investment grade rating and the offer of a liquid and volatile stock. Jonathan Breen reports.
  • Germany’s Volkswagen ended an absence of almost seven years from the offshore renminbi bond market this week, braving a year-end dip in liquidity to seal a Rmb1bn ($153m) deal. It offered yet another diversification opportunity for the carmaker, which is already a well-established name in China’s onshore securitization market. Addison Gong reports.
  • The Republic of the Philippines sold its largest international bond in more than a decade this week, raising $2.75bn from a deal that received strong support from investors confident about the country’s control of Covid, and its outlook. It even managed to get away with a record low coupon on one of the tranches.
  • Thai express delivery company Kerry Express launched its IPO this week, aiming to raise up to Bt8.4bn ($278.2m) in proceeds.