South Korea

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) is working on its debut Panda bond and has mandated two banks on the deal. However the trade still has to overcome a number of barriers including the ongoing issues around accounting, two sources have told GlobalRMB.

Export-Import Bank of Korea is getting ready to make a comeback, having issued a request for proposals this week.

South Korea’s stock exchange is planning to push companies listed on its boards to offer more of their disclosures in English alongside Korean to satisfy global investors.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is teaming up with Korea Exchange (KRX) to build a trade repository solution in Korea.

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank is getting ready to bring out a new $500m senior bond to the international debt market, picking four banks to work on the offering.

Samsung Biologics, which sent out a request for proposals for its South Korean IPO on April 29, is understood to have invited nine domestic and six international firms to submit bids.

The Korea Exchange (KRX) has set its sights on Uzbekistan, as the Asian regulator takes another step forward in its plan to draw overseas companies to list on its markets.

Yongpyong Resort Corp is looking to raise as much as W153.8bn ($135m) from a public listing of 16.7m shares, according to a filing with the Korea Exchange on Monday.

Samsung Biologics has sent out a request for proposals for an up to W3tr ($2.6bn) listing in South Korea, according to a source close to the situation.

Samsung Biologics Co will send out a request for proposals next week for its 2016 IPO, expected to fetch over W3tr ($2.6bn), a source close to the situation told GlobalCapital Asia.

Global construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat is looking to file for approval for its South Korea IPO by July and could list two months later, a source with knowledge of the situation told GlobalCapital Asia.

South Korea’s Kakao Corp has broken a drought in Asia’s equity-linked market by printing a W230bn ($199.9m) exchangeable bond on Monday, with the deal denominated in won but settled in dollars.