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  • Asia
    HKMC buys HK$1bn of loans in successful tender
    THE HONG Kong Mortgage Corporation has bought mortgages worth HK$1bn in a tender competition open to its 14 affiliated banks. Dao Heng Bank, First Pacific Bank, International Bank of Asia and Orix Asia Ltd were successful in a competition which generated HK$2.45bn of offers.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    HPI share conversion starts slowly as investors cautious
    INVESTOR conversion of utility company Huaneng Power International's (HPI) New York-listed 'N' shares into 'H' shares got off to a slow start despite the steady performance of the Hang Seng Index for much of the week. Although no figures for conversion were available, it was widely accepted that existing shareholders were adopting a wait and see attitude.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    IFCT rules out plans to refinance Eurobond put option with $300m loan
    INVESTORS' reluctance to commit new money to Asian credits was highlighted this week by official confirmation from the Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand (IFCT) that it will not be launching a $300m one year loan to cover the put option of its $500m credit sensitive Eurobond. The issue of whether a formal deal was ever on the cards divided market players.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    India calls off Concor sale after failure to agree price
    THE $130m privatisation of India's Container Corporation (Concor) has been postponed until after the country's national elections, following problems in fixing an acceptable price. The government and its global co-ordinator JP Morgan had hoped to execute the disinvestment before the elections, which start on February 16 and end in March.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    KDB/Kexim line up 1998 funding plans as Korean spreads edge toward normality
    THE KOREA Development Bank (KDB) and Export Import Bank of Korea (Kexim), the country's two benchmark borrowers, have begun to firm up their fundraising requirements for 1998 in advance of Korea's planned sovereign borrowing. While both entities are presently constrained from new dollar fundraisings by a combination of the prospective sovereign deal and lingering negative sentiment, treasury officials from the two banks told Euroweek that each hopes to source up to $2bn in fresh money over 1998.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    Malaysia pulls Samuari plans
    THE FEDERATION of Malaysia has backed off from plans to refinance a ¥30bn Samurai bond that falls due in March, after deciding that there would be too many competing Malaysian financings in the market. Although the government has officially said that it was only testing the waters for pricing proposals and never had concrete plans to launch a new yen bond, bankers said its final decision was prompted by the existence of competing deals from Tenaga Nasional Berhad and Telekom Malaysia.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    Merrill, Fay Richwhite selected to advise NSW on power restructuring
    A JOINT venture between Merrill Lynch and Fay Richwhite has been given the mandate to advise the New South Wales government on reforming its power sector. The government said the group would not be advising on an eventual sell-down of its power assets -- worth about A$25bn -- but after the reforms are complete a float is one step away.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    Nomura seeks investors from abroad in Mitsui Fire and Toppan sales
    NOMURA, hoping to ride the wave of a Nikkei surging for the fourth week in a row, will shortly lead Japan's first global IPO, to be followed by a large international second share placement by the end of February. Next week Nomura Securities and Nomura International plc will together lead manage the domestic and international tranches for the country's biggest printer of business forms, Toppan Form, with a Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance placement to follow.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    Political indecision holds up Pakistan privatisations
    BANKERS' HOPES of launching new equity issues from Pakistan are being frustrated by legislative and regulatory problems surrounding the privatisation programmes. Although Pakistan -- Asia's best performing stockmarket in 1997 -- offers investors stability at a time of turmoil in the region, privatisation offerings continue to be delayed.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    ADB aims to increase 1998 funding by 300% to $9bn, reflecting Asian turmoil
    THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) looks set to sharply increase its fundraising programme, with plans to raise up to $9bn over 1998. The ADB could not be reached for confirmation of its plans, but bankers said the Manila-based supranational will attempt to raise nearly three times its traditional borrowing requirement, splitting the projected amount equally between the dollar, yen and euro-currency markets.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    BayanTel opts for private equity placing
    DIFFICULT market conditions have prompted Philippine company Bayan Telecommunications Holdings Corporation (BayanTel) to execute a private placement of convertible preferred shares via Chase Manhattan, rather than face the public equity markets. The shares are redeemable at the end of five years, unless previously converted to common shares, and have a US dollar yield of 6.5% and a dividend yield of 2%. They are guaranteed by Benpres Holdings Corporation which, with its affiliates, owns 68.76% of BayanTel.
    February 06, 1998
  • Asia
    Sumitomo $1.8bn pref issue leads way for Japan banks to boost capital, hedge dollar
    JAPAN'S SECOND largest bank, Sumitomo Bank, has raised $1.8bn in tier one capital through the sale of non-cumulative per-petual preferred shares in a move to bolster its capital base and to protect it from currency risk. Lead managed by Goldman Sachs, the issue marks the first time that a Japanese bank has sold dollar denominated prefs through a US incorporated vehicle (Sumitomo Leasing and Finance).
    February 06, 1998
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