Korean asset management company launches Asia''s first cross-border securitization of non-performing loans.

Korea Electric Power Corporation''s (Kepco) telecommunications subsidiary PowerCom has selected ING Barings and Good Morning Securities to lead manage a roughly $768m Nasdaq listing.

Broadband internet carrier Asia Global Crossing has postponed a $1.3 billion combined debt and equity offering because delays at the US SEC would have led to roadshows cutting into the summer break.

Cellular operator Globe Telecom has mandated Morgan Stanley Dean Witter for an innovative issue of Philippine depositary receipts (PDRs).

With the launch of its first international and domestic bond deals, Singapore''s PSA Corp is taking the first important steps to rebalance its capital structure ahead of privatization later this year.

Indian computer training and software company Aptech has completed its first overseas share sale and taken a realistic view of what was achievable in the circumstances.

Taiwanese ISP and web-hosting services provider Digital United Holdings has postponed its Nasdaq IPO in the face of investor resistance to Asian internet stocks.

Indian computer training and software company Aptech is confident that it will still be able to complete its first overseas share sale on Monday.

One of the most intensely fought after mandates from Korea this year is about to be awarded, as Kepco selects lead managers for the listing of its telecommunications and cable network, PowerCom.

PSA Corp, Singapore Power and Keppel Corp are all about to launch new bond offerings, in a display of the growing importance the Lion City attaches to controlled use of debt.

Taiwanese ISP and web-hosting services provider Digital United Holdings has pushed back the pricing of its Nasdaq flotation until Monday.

Pohang Iron & Steel (Posco) has selected Nikko Salomon Smith Barney and Nomura to lead its second Yen-denominated bond offering of the year.

Hanvit Bank is considering a bold and some might say rash move to meet its capital adequacy ratios by issuing tier 1 equity.

Asian borrowers have continued their assault on the Yen markets with the launch of deals for Kepco and the Republic of the Philippines.

A new benchmark issuer has emerged from Singapore, as government-owned PSA Corp attempts to lengthen the maturity and investor profile of the Lion city in the international bond markets.