South Asia

Deutsche Bank has appointed Jason Cox as co-head of equity capital markets for Asia Pacific, the lender's only external hire in a new management structure for the region.

HSBC has made a series of senior appointments in India, including promoting Hitendra Dave to head of global banking and markets for the country.

Syndication has closed for a $975m refinancing for India’s Reliance Industries, with four new lenders coming in.

India’s HealthCare Global Enterprises has raised Rp6.5bn ($97.5m) after pricing its IPO at the top end of guidance, with foreign investors snagging the largest chunk of the trade.

Infibeam is set to be the first e-commerce company to list in India with a deal that could raise Rp4.5bn ($67.9m), but investors have given it a tepid response since books opened on Monday.

Indian real estate company DLF is planning to sell a shopping mall as part of its goal to set up a real estate investment trust (Reit), according to a filing with India’s Bombay and National stock exchanges.

Indian cancer care company HealthCare Global Enterprises had seen a slow response to its Rp6.5bn ($97.5m) IPO heading towards the end of bookbuilding on Friday with only 84% of the deal subscribed.

Deutsche Bank has hired Jason Cox as a co-head of equity capital markets for Asia Pacific, as the bank lays out the management structure for the region.

India's Equitas Holdings is set to become the first small finance bank to list in the country and is lining up a Rp20bn ($300m) float in the first half of the year.

The International Finance Corporation sold on Wednesday the longest-dated Masala bond ever. The supranational also believes other issuers could be about to enter the market.

India’s HealthCare Global Enterprises has begun bookbuilding for a listing which could raise up to Rp6.5bn ($96.5m).

Indian small finance bank (SFB) Equitas Holdings is looking to raise nearly Rp20bn ($297m) with an IPO that could make it the first SFB to list in the country.