India
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If this was supposed to be the century of the woman, no one thought to tell the international banking community. One country alone has closed the gender gap, and it happens to be Asia’s fastest-growing large economy. Step forward India, where the top ranks of finance are filled with high-flying women -
Ashish Kumar Chauhan transformed Indian broking not once but twice, co-founding the National Stock Exchange before jumping ship and joining its rival, the Bombay Stock Exchange, which has just completed its IPO. What lies ahead as competition between the two exchanges intensifies?
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State Bank of India was out in the debt market again on Monday, pricing a $100m tap of the three year floating rate notes it sold last Thursday.
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Oil India is readying investors for a new dollar offering, three years after its $1bn blowout debut and just months after its joint acquisition of oil fields in Russia.
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Indonesia Eximbank and State Bank of India each secured $500m bonds on Thursday, offering investors some alternative to the Greater Chinese names that blasted into the market.
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China New Higher Education Group is set to launch the roadshow for its $150m Hong Kong IPO on April 3, according to a source close to the deal.
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The first quarter loan syndication numbers for Asia ex-Japan are out and they are not pretty, with volumes plummeting 50% year-on-year. But with some big M&A deals in the works, bankers are bullish about the second quarter and expectations are rising for more activity from China and India.
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Indonesia Eximbank and State Bank of India launched new dollar deals on Thursday, in a busy Asian debt market ahead of a holiday-filled April.
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Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) has extended the deadline for responses to a $150m request for proposals sent in mid-March.
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Korea Expressway Corp and JSW Steel have mandated banks for new international dollar deals as the first quarter draws to a close.
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Nomura has promoted Prabhat Awasthi to the position of head of India, according to a press release from the Japanese bank on Wednesday.
