FinanceAsia Daily News

Wednesday, 29 April, 2026

Fast-growing panda bond market helping repay US dollar debt

Amid encouragement from China, countries in the region and international entities, are increasingly issuing large panda bonds to diversify from US dollar debt.

Citi hires from JP Morgan for Asia infrastructure role

Bhavin Shukla becomes managing director, head of infrastructure investment banking, Japan Asia North and Australia & Asia South, at the US bank.

CATL's shares fall amid $5bn placement

The sale price was 7% below the price of the last trading day which reflected “market conditions”, and as a result CATL’s shares declined 6.88% on April 28.

FinanceAsia Awards 2026: North Asia winners announced

Read on for the winners of the 30th edition of the FinanceAsia Awards, across mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea and Taiwan.

FinanceAsia Awards 2026: South Asia winners announced

Read on for the winners of the 30th edition of the FinanceAsia Awards, across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

FinanceAsia Awards 2026: Southeast Asia winners announced

Read on for the winners of the 30th edition of the FinanceAsia Awards, across Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

FinanceAsia Awards 2026: Australia and New Zealand winners announced

Read on for the winners of the 30th edition of the FinanceAsia Awards, across Australia and New Zealand.

Winner Spotlight 2026: The Raine Group

By The Raine Group

Winner Spotlight 2026: BDO Capital

By BDO Capital

Winner Spotlight 2026: E.SUN Bank

By E.SUN Bank

British International Investment launches £1.1bn SE Asia clean energy initiative

British Climate Partners will work with investors to deploy capital through equity platforms and mezzanine finance to scale clean energy projects in developing Asia; the annual investment required to diversify away from coal is huge.

FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025: Behind the financing, private markets & innovation deal winners

The rationale behind all the winners for the best financing, private markets & innovation deals across Apac - including infrastructure, Islamic finance, private credit, private equity, project finance, property, structured finance, sustainable finance, VC and innovation.

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