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Equities

The US bank says it has sold 10.4 billion shares through private transactions. Based on the latest market price, the stake is valued at about $7.4 billion.

By Anette Jönsson | 15 November 2011

Macro & Markets

Chinese inflation falls sharply, time to ease?

October CPI fell to 5.5% year-on-year. Easing is on the way, but no cake for all.

By Lillian Liu | 10 November 2011

Equities

Goldman sells $1.1 billion ICBC stake

The deal is priced at a 6% discount and downsized slightly from the original target as markets tumble during the bookbuilding.

By Anette Jönsson | 10 November 2011

Equities

Temasek issues exhangeable into Standard Chartered

The well-received three-year bonds raise an initial S$650 million, but the exercising of a greenshoe may increase this to S$800 million.

By Anette Jönsson | 19 October 2011

Macro & Markets

Hong Kong banks face liquidity squeeze

Banks in Hong Kong face an uncertain outlook thanks to persistently low interest rates and the migration of local-currency deposits into renminbi.

By Ivan Zhang | 6 October 2011

Equities

Temasek confirms $2.8 billion CCB investment

The Singapore investment company bought about one-third of the China Construction Bank shares that Bank of America Merrill Lynch sold through an $8.3 billion private transaction...

By Anette Jönsson | 7 September 2011

Equities

BoA Merrill sells $8.3 billion stake in CCB

The sale of China Construction Bank shares comes on the day that BoA Merrill's lockup expires and is done through a private transaction with a group of undisclosed investors.

By Anette Jönsson | 30 August 2011

Equities

Bank Danamon seeks $586 million from rights issue

Indonesia's Bank Danamon sets an indicative price at a 15.8% to 28.1% discount to last Friday's close. The issue will open for subscription in mid-September.

By Anette Jönsson | 26 July 2011

Equities

China Merchants Bank plans rights issue

The pipeline of financial sector deals continues to grow as China Merchants Bank announces plans to raise $5.4 billion from a rights issue.

By Anette Jönsson | 19 July 2011

Equities

Temasek trims holdings in BOC and CCB

The Singapore investment company sells $2.4 billion worth of shares in Bank of China and $1.2 billion of shares in China Construction Bank through two block trades arranged by ...

By Anette Jönsson | 6 July 2011

Co-published

Monetary tightening likely to weaken Chinese banks’ profitability

Qiang Liao, director of financial institutions ratings at S&P, discusses the effects of monetary tightening on China’s banking industry.

By Standard & Poor's | 23 June 2011

Equities

China Everbright Bank goes ahead with Hong Kong listing plan

Based on its current A-share price, the Beijing-based commercial bank may raise about $5.6 billion from its Hong Kong listing, pre-shoe.

By Anette Jönsson | 15 June 2011

Co-published

Inflation and rising interest rates present challenges for Asia-Pacific banks

Standard & Poor's managing director for financial services ratings, Naoko Nemoto, discusses how surging inflation could weaken the credit standing of banks in Asia.

By Standard & Poor's | 20 April 2011

Macro & Markets

Banks pledge nearly $30 million in Japan relief effort

Not counting employee contributions, financial institutions across the region are pledging millions of dollars to help Japan recover from the devastating earthquake and tsunami ...

By Lara Wozniak | 16 March 2011

Corporate

Costs and ROE target cast a shadow on HSBC's results

Despite declaring strong profit growth and a stellar year in global banking and markets, HSBC's share price fell yesterday as investors questioned the higher costs and a ...

By Sameera Anand | 1 March 2011

Equities

China Everbright Bank to sell shares in Hong Kong

The Chinese bank, which raised $2.8 billion from a Shanghai IPO in August, said it plans to tap the Hong Kong market by offering up to 12 billion shares.

By Lillian Liu | 22 February 2011

Debt

Bank of Baroda brings benchmark bond

India's Bank of Baroda prices a $500 million 5.5-year bond on Friday morning, while Road King Infrastructure and LDK Solar both issue renminbi-denominated bonds.

By Denise Wee | 21 February 2011

Equities

Hana Financial raises equity to fund KEB acquisition

The price is fixed at W42,800 per share for a total deal size of $1.28 billion, making it the largest primary placement in Korea ever.

By Anette Jönsson | 21 February 2011

Macro & Markets

More Chinese companies prefer listing to borrowing

Beijing's efforts to increase borrowing costs make Chinese companies turn to equity markets for financing, a survey has found.

By Lillian Liu | 17 February 2011

Equities

Mixed international reception to Indonesian share sales

The placement portion of Bank Mandiri's rights issue attracts more than $3 billion of international demand despite being priced at a tight discount to Terp. Meanwhile, Garuda ...

By Anette Jönsson | 26 January 2011

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