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  • Social bonds in Asia have been rare, to say the least. But with Industrial Bank of Korea preparing for the region’s first dollar-denominated social bond issuance, the potential for the market is huge, writes Jasper Cox.
  • Bonuses should be awarded for good behaviour, not just financial performance, said a senior Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) official this week.
  • UK banks may have to reassess the make-up of their capital structures after the Bank of England said this week that it could slap a higher minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) on groups with regulatory debt sat outside the main resolution entity.
  • Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, a pan-African banking group, is the only CEEMEA issuer to have publicly progressed with bond plans this week, setting the roadshow for its debut dollar bond. A syndicate official on the deal said that lead managers are confident of demand, but a rival questioned whether a single-B rated sub-Saharan issuer could reopen the market.
  • Asia’s bond market suffered prolonged bouts of volatility in the first half of the year. Bankers, credit analysts and asset managers are trying to shake off the disappointments in both the primary and secondary markets, but the signs are not good. Addison Gong reports.
  • Companies in both China and India have to find their way through regulatory labyrinths to gain approval to sell offshore bonds. But although both countries have overbearing, occasionally irrational, regulators, they differ in one key respect.
  • German chemicals producer BASF found overwhelming demand for its first sterling corporate bond of 2018 this week. The issuer’s £250m ($330m) offering was more than six times oversubscribed on Thursday, as sterling investors clamoured for a rare non-UK credit.
  • Citi has made a number of senior changes to its Asia Pacific financial institutions group (FIG), according to internal memos seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
  • India’s HDFC Bank and Yes Bank won approval this week to go ahead with their billion-dollar fundraising plans. A number of methods are on the table, including qualified institutional placements (QIPs).
  • Wise Talent Information Technology, owner of recruitment website Liepin.com, has opened books for its up to HK$3.1bn ($398.1m) Hong Kong IPO.
  • It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling when I see young minds eager to get into investment banking (they obviously have no idea what they are letting themselves in for, but still). Even so, what often takes me by surprise is how multi-talented some of them are.
  • The pipeline of Indian loans is building up, with Housing Development Finance Corp and Kotak Mahindra Bank seeking new fundraisings.