Mei Tuicolo

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Reporter - Fixed Income, FinanceAsia

Mei Tuicolo is responsible for covering fixed income for both the website and the magazine. Prior to joining the FinanceAsia team as a reporter in January 2010, she was a risk analyst for the Royal Bank of Scotland (ABN AMRO Bank N.V.) both in Hong Kong and Amsterdam. Mei has a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Queensland and Bachelors of International Business (Econ) degree from Griffith University, Australia. This is Mei's first stint as a writer.



Recent articles by Mei Tuicolo

Debt
CLP Power prices $500 million 10-year bond
The 10-year deal is issued from the Hong Kong power producer's $2.5 billion medium-term note programme and prices aggressively thanks to stable market conditions.
16 March 2010
Debt
ICTS issues $250 million of unrated securities
Philippine container-port company International Container Terminal Services comes to market with $250 million of senior unsecured debt.
15 March 2010
People Moves
Citi hires hedge fund manager John Liptak from Tribridge
John Liptak takes on a new role as Citi’s head of Asia-Pacific distressed and special situations after only nine months with Tribridge Investment Partners.
10 March 2010
Debt
Shinhan Bank sells benchmark $700 million bond
Following on from Kexim’s successful issue last week, Shinhan Bank comes to market with a tightly priced 5.5-year security.
10 March 2010
View Point
The changing face of ratings
Yu-Tsung Chang, head of Asia-Pacific ratings at Standard and Poor’s, talks about the role of rating agencies in Asia’s credit markets.
9 March 2010
People Moves
BoA Merrill grabs Michael Luk from Deutsche
Former head of Asia fixed-income capital markets at Deutsche, Michael Luk, moves to Bank of America Merrill Lynch to take on a bigger role as head of Asia-Pacific debt capital ...
5 March 2010
Debt
Kexim prices $1 billion senior unsecured notes
The 5.5-year issue is priced at the tight end of guidance after attracting $2.7 billion of demand.
4 March 2010
People Moves
Jai Rajpal assumes sole leadership of fixed income at Nomura
Nomura appoints Jai Rajpal as head of fixed income Asia ex-Japan following the resignation of Thomas Siegmund.
3 March 2010
Debt
EIB lends $518 million to Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover unit
Tata Motors announces the completion of a $518 million eight-year amortising loan from the European Investment Bank to its Jaguar Land Rover unit.
1 March 2010
View Point
Singapore dollar – the safe haven currency for bonds
Clifford Lee, head of fixed income at DBS, explains why Temasek's S$1 billion sale of Singapore dollar-denominated 10-year bonds will help the market attract more high-grade ...
26 February 2010
Debt
Temasek returns with a dual-tranche S$1 billion deal
Temasek executes its second local currency bond deal for the year with a dual-tranche S$1 billion issue off its global medium-term note programme.
26 February 2010
People Moves
Citi's Asia-Pacific head of investor sales Shahryar Mahbub quits
After 12 years with Citi, Shahryar Mahbub resigns from his position as Asia-Pacific head of investor sales.
24 February 2010
People Moves
UBS rearranges senior ranks in debt capital markets
UBS appoints Guy Wylie to lead its Asia debt capital markets team and combines its debt origination business within DCM.
22 February 2010
View Point
Morgan Stanley sees once-in-a-decade opportunity for credit
Viktor Hjort, Asia head of credit research and strategy at Morgan Stanley, gives FinanceAsia a rundown of some of the key themes that will drive Asia's credit markets this year.
18 February 2010
Debt
Bank of China Hong Kong raises $1.6 billion in week of record issuance
Despite volatile markets in Europe and the US, nine bond issuers came to market in Asia last week, including Noble, Chandra Asri, New World, KDB and Star Energy. But Bank of ...
8 February 2010
Debt
Credit Suisse shares views on high-yield issuance in Asia
Last year Credit Suisse received our award for the Best High Yield Bond House. We sat down with Derek Armstrong to learn about the bank's projections for Asia's high-yield ...
4 February 2010
View Point
Citi’s Asia-Pacific markets chiefs bullish on 2010
Citi's Rodrigo Zorrilla and David Ratliff talk to FinanceAsia about their outlook for debt and equity issuance in 2010 and Citi's plans for its Asian markets business.
3 February 2010
Debt
Industrial Bank of Korea sells $350 million worth of bonds
Industrial Bank of Korea kicks off Korean G3 issuance in 2010 with senior unsecured 5.5-year notes. Korea Development Bank and Kexim are expected to be next in line.
3 February 2010
Debt
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp issues $250 million of senior debt
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation's $250 million five-year issue starts off a busy week in the debt markets as companies rush to execute their deals before Chinese New Year.
2 February 2010
Debt
Exim Bank of India prices $300 million bond at tight end of guidance
Export-Import Bank of India issues the five-year bond against a backdrop of yet another day of unstable market conditions.
28 January 2010
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