Singapore

A trio of Asian firms listing in the US have received stellar responses to their IPOs, with Qudian, Rise Education and Sea all getting the thumbs-up from investors.

Citic Envirotech turned to the Singapore dollar market for a perpetual non-call three year bond this week, revising pricing 40bp from initial guidance. The company was helped by its deep roots in Singapore and its ownership by China’s Citic Group.

United Overseas Bank sold its first dollar-denominated AT1 bond this week, managing to widen its investor base after regular appearances in its domestic market.

ING has scooped a Deutsche Bank veteran to lead its corporate finance and client coverage divisions in Asia.

United Overseas Bank is making its first foray into the dollar tier one market in more than decade, after approaching investors with an AT1 bond on Wednesday.

The lead banks on Keppel-KBS US Reit plan to kick off pre-deal investor education for the $500m Singapore IPO towards the second half of this week.

Asian investors have piled into Qudian’s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with the $825m fundraising heavily oversubscribed even before it begins roadshows in the US, said bankers.

Mapletree Logistics Trust has raised S$286.5m ($209.98m) through a preferential offering of shares, part of a dual-pronged equity fund raising plan, according to a Singapore Exchange filing.

Sea, the e-sports giant formerly known as Garena, opened the books for its $695.8m US IPO on Monday, after adding a group of southeast Asian banks as underwriters.

Chinese water treatment and recycling solution provider Citic Envirotech is readying its second international dollar bond, having mandated three to arrange a roadshow from the end of this week.

Trafigura's Singaporean entity Trafigura Pte signed an oversubscribed $1.99bn loan on Monday with 27 banks to refinance previous facilities.

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) issued a €500m five year covered bond on Thursday that was more oversubscribed than any previous Singaporean deal and priced inside fair value in what a lead manager described as ‘a one-way market’.