Anette Jönsson

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Website Editor, FinanceAsia

Anette Jönsson has been with FinanceAsia since January 2006 and is responsible for the editing of its website and daily newsletter. She also covers equity capital markets news. She started her financial journalism career with Dow Jones Newswires in London in late 1994, and spent a total of eight years as a correspondent with that company, also working in Stockholm and Hong Kong. Before joining FA she spent a year in Taiwan studying Mandarin and worked as the markets editor for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. A Swedish national, Anette studied journalism at Mid-Sweden University and English at Stockholm University.



Recent articles by Anette Jönsson

Equities
CCT brings second Reit CB in three days
CapitaCommercial Trust sells S$225 million worth of five-year CBs with the support of a few large investors.
18 March 2010
Equities
India's NMDC takes beating after follow-on prices at bottom
Foreign investors contribute only 2.2% of the QIB order volume as valuations are deemed too aggressive, but the government gets $2.18 billion to plug holes in its budget.
17 March 2010
Equities
Creditors sell part of Hynix stake at 0% discount
Eight sellers, led by Korea Exchange Bank, raise $817 million from the sale of a 6.7% stake in Hynix Semiconductor after failing to exit the Korean memory-chip maker through a ...
16 March 2010
Equities
A-Reit raises S$300 million from collateralised exchangeable
The innovatively structured deal gets a triple-A rating from both Moody's and S&P, allowing the Singapore-listed trust to achieve a coupon of just 1.6%.
16 March 2010
Equities
Southeast Asia in focus as two new CBs hit the market
Bakrieland prices its $150 million deal after 1.5 days of marketing, while $350 million worth of bonds exchangeable into YTL scrape through at quite aggressive terms.
15 March 2010
Equities
Budget hotel group and facade contractor launch IPOs
China-based Hanting Inns and Hotels is aiming to raise up to $110 million ahead of a Nasdaq listing, while facade specialist Far East Global is seeking up to $79 million from a ...
15 March 2010
Equities
Bakrieland launches $150 million convertible bond
The Indonesian property developer is offering bonds with a coupon of up to 8.625% and a conversion premium of 20% to 25%. The deal is expected to price tomorrow.
11 March 2010
Equities
NMDC sets price range for $2.6 billion follow-on
The government's sell-down in the country's largest iron ore miner will boost the free-float to 10%, but valuation multiples suggest it could be a tough sell.
10 March 2010
Equities
Indian deals suggest confidence is returning
An existing shareholder sells $422 million worth of shares in Tata Motors, while Exide Industries completes a $119 million QIP. Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, Zhongsheng prepares to ...
9 March 2010
Equities
Korea Life raises $1.56 billion from IPO
The deal is priced below the initial range even though the withdrawal of AIA's planned IPO is said to have resulted in increased interest for the Korean life insurer.
8 March 2010
Equities
Pacific Basin raises $230 million from upsized CB
The Hong Kong-based shipping company executes a deal that is viewed as well priced, and only two days after Vedanta issues another well-received deal, sparking hopes of a ...
5 March 2010
Equities
AviChina raises $147 million from follow-on
The Chinese maker of airplanes and helicopters catches the eye of global investors following a strong share price run over the past 12 months.
3 March 2010
People Moves
RBC Capital Markets hires for global macro FX sales team
Raymond Schumertl, who was formerly with Morgan Stanley, joins the Canadian investment bank in Hong Kong.
3 March 2010
M&A
Prudential snaps up AIA shortly before a planned IPO
The agreed merger takes bankers and investors by surprise and may leave Hong Kong without a flagship IPO this year.
2 March 2010
Equities
CB issuance to be underpinned by refinancings
A larger-than-usual amount of puts and redemptions this year, as well as a renewed desire for growth capital, is generating a lot of dialogue between potential issuers and CB ...
1 March 2010
Equities
India's REC sets floor price for $757 million follow-on
Power sector financing company Rural Electrification Corp will be the second issuer to use a French auction, although the auction has been modified to allow investors to lower ...
19 February 2010
Equities
Korea Life first out in year of heavy insurance-sector issuance
Korea's second largest life insurer seeks to raise up to $2 billion and grab a first-mover advantage over industry leader Samsung Life, which is expected to follow with its own ...
18 February 2010
People Moves
Moscow-based Renaissance Capital hires former J.P. Morgan banker
Nick Andrews joins as global head of equities with a particular mandate to expand the firm's business in Asia.
17 February 2010
Equities
Ruinian completes Hong Kong IPO against difficult backdrop
The Chinese provider of nutritional supplements and health-food products raises $116 million after pricing the deal above the bottom of the range.
17 February 2010
People Moves
J.P. Morgan beefs up equity syndicate desk
The firm hires Gordon Crosbie-Walsh who has a background in Hong Kong and China equity sales, but has spent the past few years with a boutique firm in Australia focusing on ...
12 February 2010
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