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Douyu prepares US IPO in the face of industry headwinds

The Chinese video game streaming site filed its listing application shortly after Beijing resumed review of new game applications and will need to show how it plans to monetise the business.

April 23, 2019

Khazanah returns with $255m Tenaga stake sale

Malaysia’s state-owned fund continues to offload stakes in non-core businesses as it tries to recover the huge losses it incurred last year.

April 11, 2019

World is not ready for China's entry to global bond indices

The infrastructure is getting there but where are the people who understand how to use it? UBS Asset Management’s head of fixed income for Asia remains to be convinced.

April 01, 2019

JP Morgan names APAC investment banking co-head

Paul Uren, JP Morgan's chief executive in Australia and New Zealand, joins Murli Maiya as co-head of investment banking for the broader region.

March 27, 2019

iQiyi pulls off another CB sale despite content crackdown

Chinese Netflix-like video streaming service makes convertible bond return after less than four months and raises $1.05 billion, unfazed by tighter censorship over online content.

March 27, 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

Sri Lanka: bond investors ignore looming political risk

Sovereign picks perfect window to raise international debt before politics shift back to the forefront of investors' minds and the emerging markets rally runs out of steam.

March 08, 2019

Why China faces more TLAC challenges than Japan

Huge issuance requirements combined with a small international investor base pose unique challenges for China’s big four banks as they gear up to raise billions of dollars of capital.

February 14, 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

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