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Asia’s dollar bond market reopened this week with record issuance. Issuers are usually keen to get in ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday, but the start to 2021 has seen a rush of new primary deals like never before. Bankers said the supply will continue, although they expect it to slow down in the next few weeks. Morgan Davis reports. -
The stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen have introduced new regulations to forcibly delist companies, fast-tracking the process and giving more clarity about the various scenarios that can push firms to exit the bourses. There are loopholes, however, and the true impact of the regime on China’s equities market will probably be limited, writes Addison Gong.
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StanChart bolsters sustainable finance team — CreditAg names Apac sustainability head — BOC HK appoints CEO — HKEX picks interim chief — Hang Seng has new chairman
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Mexican non-bank lender Crédito Real began investor calls on Wednesday as it looks to take advantage of highly liquid bond markets to partially refinance a bond maturing in 2023, and simultaneously align the covenant packages on all of its senior unsecured bonds.
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Latin American DCM bankers hailed Brazilian paper company Klabin’s first sustainability-linked bond (SLB) as an encouraging sign for the ESG debt market in the region, as a huge order book allowed the issuer to tighten by 55bp from initial price thoughts and land well inside its curve.
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Bankers said that Brazilian bank BTG Pactual achieved tighter pricing on its green bond than it would have done on a conventional bond, after it became the first Latin American private sector bank to issue such a benchmark in US markets.
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