South Korea

South Korea's Shinhan Card has sold a $300m social bond in the Taiwanese market, finding strong interest from investors keen to support deals in this growing asset class.

Korea Expressway Corp sold its first sustainability dollar bond on Monday, raising $500m as its scarcity value appealed to investors.

KB Kookmin Card raised $300m from its debut in the offshore dollar bond market this week, using a sustainability-labelled deal to add further momentum to the asset class.

South Korean internet giant Naver Corp has returned to the debt market to tap its debut sustainability bond for another $300m.

Shinhan Financial Group sold a Basel III-compliant additional tier one bond with a sustainability label this week, funnelling some of the proceeds from the $500m trade to Covid-19 relief efforts.

SK IE Technology raised W2.29tr ($2.07bn) this week from the largest Korea IPO since 2017. The deal achieved record demand as institutional investors bet on a sector leader and retail buyers rushed to the market for short term gains. Jonathan Breen reports.

South Korea's Kookmin Bank enticed investors into its latest bond sale by using a sustainability label.

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Indonesia nabbed $300m from a five year bond on Tuesday.

South Korea's Incheon International Airport Corp made its debut in the dollar bond market this week, issuing a $300m green bond.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corp, has printed a $500m bond after getting five times the demand at the peak of bookbuilding.

The chairman of South Korea’s Kakao Corp has kicked off his official pledge to donate more than half of his wealth to society by raising about W500bn ($448m) from a stake sale in the messaging app on Thursday.

South Korea's Shinhan Bank became the latest Asian bank to sell a sustainability bond this month. It raised $500m from its transaction, but felt some pressure from the risk-off sentiment in the region’s credit market.