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Espresso-charged IPO: Luckin Coffee to set a new world record

Super-charged Chinese coffee chain is set to be the first company to list on a stock market only two years after it was founded. But it's cash-burning strategy implies more funds will be raised afterwards.

May 07, 2019

How Vietnam can avoid the middle-income trap

Will Vietnam’s growing domestic private sector help or hinder it to avoid a middle-income trap?

April 25, 2019

Shenwan Hongyuan aiming for magnificent 7th with IPO

Belatedly following six bigger rivals, the Shanghai-based brokerage is to tap the Hong Kong market for funding with the city’s biggest IPO so far this year. The timing could be propitious.

April 11, 2019

S-Reits in merger race for bigger scale

The proposed merger between OUE Commercial Reit and OUE Hospitality Trust signals a growing trend where Reit mangers combine assets for stronger liquidity and financing capacity.

April 08, 2019

CVC eyes a big cheque from MAP Aktif Adiperkasa

CVC Capital Partners is ready to complete one of its most profitable deals in Asia. It could raise up to $353 million when it divests its majority stake in the Indonesian sports goods retailer.

April 01, 2019

Asian equities: Reit time, Reit place

Changing interest rate expectations prompt a renewed surge in Reit offerings as investors wonder whether wider equity market momentum can last.

March 11, 2019

Asian issuers and investors turn to off-market equity deals

Difficult public equity markets and long lead times before companies list their shares are propelling issuers and investors to prioritise off-market transactions.

February 12, 2019

Nio overcomes difficulties to price $650m CB

The EV maker returned to the capital market four months after its US listing and successfully raised fresh capital despite multiple headwinds. It was forced to pay up though.

January 31, 2019

Asia's high-yield bonds swing back to life

High-yield issuers are back in force with new US dollar bonds, indicating that secondary market valuations have finally returned to attractive levels for fixed income investors.

January 23, 2019

Philippines sells $1.5b bond as US rate hike fears ebb

On the back of a buoyant market, Manila doubled what it raised from a similar dollar bond sale in 2018 and was the year's first Asia sovereign borrower out of the blocks.

January 08, 2019