Equity Capital Markets
Asia ex Japan issuers have raised a total of $2.0bn through 23 deals this week, on par with the $5.1bn raised last week via 42 deals.
The largest deal of the week was a follow-on by Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co Ltd for $653m via sole bookrunner TF Securities.
This is the largest Asia ex Japan transaction in the Metal Steel sector this YTD, and volume is up from $2.1bn via 29 deals in 2016 YTD to $5.2bn via 45 deals so far this year. Chinese issuers account for 85% of total volume with $4.4bn via 32 deals so far...