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Hong Kong protests put IPOs in doubt
Political unrest has cast doubts over stock market listings for the foreseeable future in Hong Kong, including the secondary listing of up to US$15bn from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.
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Chinese developers face financing woes
China’s property developers are facing funding pressures both onshore and offshore as regulators tighten access to financing to cool property prices and tackle mounting debt risks.
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Asian bond syndicate switches gain ground
Chinese issuers change their bookrunners in the middle of bookbuilding for G3 bond sales more than a quarter of the time, IFR research has shown.
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World Bank adds to baby blockchain steps
The World Bank has added a grand total of two new institutions to the investor base for its Australian dollar blockchain bond issue following a marketing effort in Australia and Singapore.
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For US corporates, low rates mean no dog days in August
US corporates must feel like mangling the lyrics of the Byrds - “there is a season, churn, churn, churn” - as demand for bonds even at the height of summer spurs supply at a solid pace despite market volatility and the self-inflicted political chaos.
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Structured notes get funkier amid global yield drought
The mountain of negative-yielding debt in financial markets is encouraging a growing number of European insurance companies to buy a new breed of structured note that uses greater levels of financial engineering to juice returns.
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Banks, investors braced for no-deal Brexit
Investment banks and investors are preparing for the worst ahead of the October 31 Brexit deadline, as the industry faces up to the prospect of the UK leaving the European Union without a deal.
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Argentina goes back to the future
Investors are once again facing the possibility of a major restructuring Argentina’s debt as markets price in the potential return of a populist president come the election in October.
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'Fraud' report sounds alarm on GE
The warning signs for General Electric debt are flashing once again, even after an inflammatory report accusing the storied US industrial company of hiding US$38bn in accounting fraud was found to be overblown.
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WeWork heads for September IPO but doubts linger
The We Company, the flexible office space provider better known as WeWork, is forging ahead with plans to go public next month despite a wall of scepticism rivalling even that surrounding the much-maligned debut of Uber Technologies in May.
