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  • Chinese property developer Country Garden Holdings was forced to pull a Rmb1.8bn ($281.2m) three year Panda bond this week after investors demanded a better return amid rising volatility, writes Noah Sin.
  • Bonds backed by standby letters of credit have fallen from grace, as tightening spreads in the dollar bond market and growing risk appetite among investors ensure that issuers can do without credit enhancement. Have SBLCs had their day in Asia? Addison Gong finds out.
  • Morgan Stanley was sole bookrunner on two overnight sell-downs in Asia this week. One transaction was for its Taiwanese private equity arm in shares of CTBC Financial Holdings.
  • Indonesia’s Soechi Lines finally succeeded in selling a dollar bond this week, after multiple attempts to grab international investors’ attention.
  • Japanese banks have a spring in their step in the Middle East as they roll out expansion plans, but, asks David Rothnie, can they take on more established Western rivals?
  • Hong Kong’s stock market is in the grip of another euphoria-driven rally, with the Hang Seng Index smashing record after record this week. As Chinese investors pile into equities, parallels are being drawn to 2015, when a similar China-led bubble ended in tears. But this time is different, say market watchers. John Loh reports.