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Show me the money, PICC tells long list of banks
Chinese insurer PICC Group lists a record 17 banks as potential arrangers for the H-share portion of its IPO, but tells them that the senior roles will be mandated based on how ...
By Anette Jönsson | 29 May 2012
Debt
Samsung returns with US-targeted deal while others hold off
Samsung Electronics sells $1 billion of five-year bonds predominantly to the US, while other issuers hold off amid the Easter holiday lull.
By Denise Wee | 5 April 2012
Debt
US investors drive aggressive pricing of DBS's $1 billion bond
Meanwhile Olam International taps the Singapore dollar market via a S$275 million perpetual.
By Denise Wee | 23 February 2012
Debt
KDB prints $1 billion bond without new issue premium
Korea Development Bank prints a tightly priced $1 billion bond amid improved sentiment.
By Denise Wee | 28 October 2011
Equities
Placements pick up pace alongside busy IPO calendar
Xinyi Glass sells $158 million of mostly new shares and Indonesia's Lippo Karawaci raises $112 million to pay for a Reit acquisition. Meanwhile, Hopu trims its stake in Winsway ...
By Anette Jönsson | 20 May 2011
Equities
Power Finance Corp prices share sale at top to raise $1 billion
Power Finance Corp replenishes its capital base by selling new shares, while the government divests a 5% stake.
By Anette Jönsson | 17 May 2011
Debt
Hyva tests investor appetite for bond-backed LBO
Hydraulic cylinder-maker Hyva is in the market with a $375 million senior bond. If that doesn’t pan out, a syndicated loan is plan B.
By Denise Wee | 9 March 2011
M&A
Eight advisers on Japanese steel merger, but no Nomura
Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal, two of Japan’s biggest steelmakers, have hired an army of investment banks to advise on their merger, but couldn’t find a seat for ...
By Nick Ferguson | 3 March 2011
Debt
CNOOC refrains from pricing dual-tranche bond too aggressively
The 10- and 30-year bonds attract $5.7 billion of demand as investors are drawn to the rarity of its double-A rating.
By Anette Jönsson | 25 January 2011
Debt
Posco taps bond market with $700 million deal
Korea's leading steelmaker attracts strong demand for its 10-year bond, despite anxieties about its purchase of Daewoo International.
By Rupert Walker | 25 October 2010
Equities
AU Optronics upsizes five-year CB to $800 million
The deal comes with a zero coupon, but offers a yield of 2.875%, resulting in strong demand from both outright investors and hedge funds.
By Anette Jönsson | 8 October 2010
Debt
Kepco prints $700 million of debt
US investors, enjoying a healthy pickup in yield, buy 63% of Kepco's new 3% bonds.
By Mei Tuicolo | 29 September 2010
Structured Products
BoA Merrill hires interest rates sales head
Ian Donaldson joins Bank of America Merrill Lynch from Goldman Sachs.
By Nick Ferguson | 3 June 2010
Equities
Samsung Life completes largest Korean IPO at $4.4 billion
Korea's number one life insurer sets the price towards the top end of the range at W110,000 per share, representing a relatively modest 12% premium to main rival Korea Life ...
By Anette Jönsson | 26 April 2010
People Moves
BoA Merrill adds to ECM team with Goldman banker
Edmund Sim leaves Goldman for BoA Merrill, as his former employer confirms the hire of William Smiley as co-head of equity syndicate and makes two additional internal ECM ...
By Anette Jönsson | 19 March 2010
Debt
Evergrande raises $750 million from high-yield bond
Evergrande’s $750 million high-yield issue hits the market on a day when trading suffers in response to President Obama’s proposed new limits on US banks.
By Mei Tuicolo | 25 January 2010
Equities
Indian issuers grab small window to push out QIPs
Yes Bank raises $225 million and truck financing company Shriram Transport issues $125 million worth of new shares just before equity markets take another dip.
By Anette Jönsson | 22 January 2010
Business Moves
Banks show their pride
Banks support the LGBT community at Hong Kong’s annual gay pride parade.
By Edward Russell | 2 November 2009
Equities
Second time lucky for Evergrande Real Estate
The deal is priced at the mid-point for a total size of $726 million, as other property IPOs run into obstacles.
By Daniel Inman | 30 October 2009
Debt
KNHC raises $750 million with five-year bond
State-owned Korea National Housing Corporation is the latest, but not the last, Korean borrower to tap the US dollar market this year and achieves the lowest yield spread so far.
By Rupert Walker | 4 September 2009
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