Bipartisan support for fintech needed to boost availability of credit — LendIt
Policy experts speaking on day one of the LendIt 2017 conference in New York on Monday called for more bipartisan support of financial technology if the sector is to thrive, emphasizing the need for...
View ArticleNatixis rebuilds Apac DCM team with new appointments
Natixis is rebuilding its DCM team in Asia Pacific following some high profile departures since last year.
View ArticleAscott Reit launches rights issue for Frankfurt assets
Singapore-listed Ascott Residence Trust has kicked off a fully underwritten renounceable rights issue to raise S$442.7m ($313.7m), as it seeks to buy its first property in Frankfurt.
View ArticleHeaven can wait
The CEO of HKEX may be keen for Saudi Aramco to list in Hong Kong but as our columnist Clawback explains, there are more reasons for the Saudi oil giant to bypass the city’s exchange than to pick it...
View ArticleTake one: Eros kicks off dollar debut as Chexim woos accounts
Indian film maker and distributor Eros International has launched its maiden dollar bond with books building quickly during the Asia morning, as it competes with Export-Import Bank of China.
View ArticleInner Mongolia Engineering, Trio Industrial seek IPOs
Chinese firm Inner Mongolia Energy Engineering Co is vying for approval to list in Hong Kong, according to a filing on Monday.
View ArticleInvestors look past problems as Noble bags $750m
Singapore-listed commodities trader Noble Group returned to the international bond market on Monday after a hiatus of nearly three years. Despite the continuous noise around the credit, investors...
View ArticleSBI swells to $750m with Indian bank support
State Bank of India has increased its latest fundraising in the syndicated loan market to $750m, fully exercising a $150m greenshoe. Allocations to the foreign branches of Indian banks accounted for...
View ArticleCiti indices to include Chinese onshore bonds
Chinese onshore bonds are eligible to join the Citi Fixed Income Indices for the first time, the bank announced on March 7. This follows last week’s publication of new guidelines by the State...
View ArticleCiti names markets and securities services head for HK
Citi has appointed a new markets and securities services head for Hong Kong, tapping a veteran banker to the position.
View ArticleDaewoo Express eyes $48m listing in Pakistan
Daewoo Pakistan Express Bus Service is planning an up to $48m IPO in the country amid expectations of a pick up in share sales this year.
View ArticleHSBC mulls moving London banker for top Apac levfin job
HSBC is understood to be considering transferring a banker from London to take over leveraged and acquisition finance responsibilities for Asia Pacific, following the departures of senior Hong...
View ArticleRHB loses Singapore banker amid equities reshuffle
RHB Bank’s Asia head of institutional equities Lena Yong has parted ways with the Malaysian bank following a restructuring of its wholesale equities division.
View ArticleClearstream aims for direct China bond link, says co-CEO
After launching an indirect connect scheme last October, Deutsche Borse's Clearstream platform is now prepping a direct route into the China interbank bond market (CIBM) for its client base by next...
View ArticleGuorui Properties, Kangde Xin ready debuts
Guorui Properties and Kangde Xin Composite Material Group are preparing for their respective debuts in the international debt market.
View ArticleSGX mainboard IPOs to allocate 5% to retail investors
The Singapore Exchange will make it mandatory for a minimum 5% portion of IPOs to be allocated to retail investors starting in May.
View ArticleAvenue Supermarts launches $281m India IPO
India’s Avenue Supermarts has opened the gates to its potential Rp18.7bn ($280.6m) IPO after securing nearly a third of the offering with anchor investors.
View ArticleChile’s Itaú CorpBanca taps Asian liquidity for $465m loan
Chine's Itaú CorpBanca has rolled out a $465m fundraising into syndication, with some invitations going out to lenders in Asia.
View ArticleLotte Chemical hires more banks for $1bn IPO
Lotte Chemical Titan, which is seeking to raise more than $1bn via an IPO in Malaysia, has added three banks to its syndicate at the bookrunner level.
View ArticleDGXC approves new software vendor
The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange — DGCX — has accepted Trading Technologies International as an approved independent software vendor.
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