https://www.financeasia.com/category/debt/1176 FinanceAsia arms investors with in-depth coverage of the region’s capital markets and unique insights into its fastest-growing companies en-us Copyright 2024 Haymarket Media Ltd. Fri, 31 May 2024 03:39:01 +00:00 3600 China/Startups/unicorns/IPOs/bonds/M&A Asia/Asia/Finance Asia/Finance News/FinanceAsia/Awards/Debt/Capital Markets/Private Banking property/Debt https://www.financeasia.com/Content/images/fa-logo.png https://www.financeasia.com A Greenpeace study on 2021-issued government municipal bonds in China reveals a large number of projects with green potential. But local governments face challenges and are unwilling to issue green products. ]]> Ryan Li Markets Debt North Asia ESG Climate Action UN SDGs https://www.financeasia.com/article/one-in-five-chinese-municipal-bonds-could-be-green-labelled-report/496164 https://www.financeasia.com/article/one-in-five-chinese-municipal-bonds-could-be-green-labelled-report/496164 Tue, 21 May 2024 04:10:00 +00:00 A postponement of the US Federal Reserve interest rate cuts could see some defensive plays by investors, such as range-bound trading. ]]> Christopher Chu Markets Debt https://www.financeasia.com/article/asian-investors-assess-higher-for-longer-borrowing-costs-in-developed-markets/495773 https://www.financeasia.com/article/asian-investors-assess-higher-for-longer-borrowing-costs-in-developed-markets/495773 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:50:00 +00:00 This marks the second sustainability-linked panda bond issuance, after the Rmb1bn offering from CapitaLand Investment earlier this year in March. ]]> Ryan Li Companies Debt North Asia ESG Carbon Footprint Climate Action Partnerships https://www.financeasia.com/article/china-resources-materials-tech-issues-rmb1bn-sustainability-linked-panda-bond/495664 https://www.financeasia.com/article/china-resources-materials-tech-issues-rmb1bn-sustainability-linked-panda-bond/495664 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 02:48:00 +00:00 The financial arm of Hyundai Motor Group is also planning for regular bond issuances in several local currencies, including Japanese yen. ]]> Ryan Li Companies Debt North Asia https://www.financeasia.com/article/hyundai-card-issues-500m-uni-tranche-reg-s-bond/495623 https://www.financeasia.com/article/hyundai-card-issues-500m-uni-tranche-reg-s-bond/495623 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:30:00 +00:00 Singapore-based Lee, who has been recently promoted to the bank's global head of investment banking, told FA how private credit is becoming an attractive option for Asia's SMEs. ]]> Andrew Tjaardstra Banks Debt https://www.financeasia.com/article/dbss-clifford-lee-on-asias-private-credit-opportunity/495515 https://www.financeasia.com/article/dbss-clifford-lee-on-asias-private-credit-opportunity/495515 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:30:00 +00:00 WWF Singapore CEO Vivek Kumar on the role of public markets in the sustainability ecosystem, including development finance institutions (DFIs). ]]> Nishtha Asthana Disruption Debt ESG Climate Action Quality Education Learning & Development Carbon Footprint Net Zero Climate Action Partnerships https://www.financeasia.com/article/wwfs-singapore-ceo-on-financing-green-and-dfis/495383 https://www.financeasia.com/article/wwfs-singapore-ceo-on-financing-green-and-dfis/495383 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:39:00 +00:00 The bank wants to help scale digital 'platform players', and is also offering $150m of venture debt to the Singapore market to provide financing to early-stage, high-growth companies backed by venture capital or private equity. ]]> Andrew Tjaardstra Disruption Equity Debt Southeast Asia https://www.financeasia.com/article/hsbc-launches-1bn-fund-for-aseans-digital-economy/495155 https://www.financeasia.com/article/hsbc-launches-1bn-fund-for-aseans-digital-economy/495155 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:09:00 +00:00 Beijing will issue a spree of special-purpose bonds in order to help meet the ambitious GDP target, but more reforms are likely needed to boost output. ]]> Han Shih Toh Markets Debt https://www.financeasia.com/article/chinas-2024-gdp-target-attainable-only-by-major-actions-analysts/495014 https://www.financeasia.com/article/chinas-2024-gdp-target-attainable-only-by-major-actions-analysts/495014 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:29:00 +00:00 Hui Ka Yan has been fined $6.53m and banned from the securities market by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, after unit Hengda Real Estate was found to have falsified revenue for the 2019 and 2020 financial years by over $70bn. ]]> Andrew Tjaardstra Companies Debt North Asia https://www.financeasia.com/article/china-evergrandes-founder-given-life-ban-by-csrc/495006 https://www.financeasia.com/article/china-evergrandes-founder-given-life-ban-by-csrc/495006 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:28:00 +00:00 The global alternative asset manager and stockbroker have initially contributed $50m each, and are aiming the fund at mid-sized corporates across Asia Pacific. ]]> Andrew Tjaardstra Debt https://www.financeasia.com/article/tikehau-capital-and-uob-kay-hian-form-asia-private-credit-fund/494891 https://www.financeasia.com/article/tikehau-capital-and-uob-kay-hian-form-asia-private-credit-fund/494891 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:57:00 +00:00