Indonesia

Indonesian firm Multipolar raised Rph1.6tr ($124.8m) on Monday evening after offloading a block of shares in Matahari Department Store.

Indonesia’s Aneka Gas Industri has wrapped up its Rph1.0tr ($77.0m) IPO after pricing towards the middle of price guidance, with strong demand seen from local and foreign long-only investors.

A S$350m ($259m) loan signed between Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust (LMIR) and a group of lenders has opened into syndication.

Waskita Beton Precast has wrapped up a deal some consider to be this year’s hottest Indonesian IPO, with investors piling in to help it raise Rph5.16tr ($390.61m) near the top of the price range.

Royal Industries Indonesia, which failed to pay the first principal instalment of a loan borrowed in June 2015, has asked banks for additional funds to help resolve its liquidity problem.

Manganese producer Asia Minerals has approached the syndicated loan market for a $61m two tranche borrowing.

Waskita Beton Precast is expected to price its IPO near the top end of the range to raise Rph5.16tr ($390.61m), in a deal some have described as the hottest Indonesian listing in years.

Asian debt capital market bankers are advising bond issuers to hit the market sooner rather than later in September, on the back of indications from the Federal Reserve that the case for an increase in rate hike had “strengthened in recent months”.

Indonesia’s Cikarang Listrindo and Hong Kong’s Far East Consortium International have set sights on the international bond market, having appointed banks to work on their respective dollar offerings.

Two accelerated bookbuilds lit up the Asian market this week as equity capital market bankers foresaw brightening prospects for block trades. As one banker said that term sheets for potential overnight share sales were “flying around”, the end of the summer could usher in a bumper harvest of deals. John Loh reports.

Private banks have been under sustained pressure to provide more transparency on the work they carry out for their client base in recent years. In Asia, where wealth is growing at the fastest rate globally, local scandals are combining with global regulation to create a thorny environment for the industry. Peter McGill reports.

Royal Industries Indonesia rattled the loans market last week when it failed to pay the first principal instalment on a $380m deal signed in June 2015. The incident has caused consternation among participating banks, with many being quick to blame the bookrunners on the trade. But this should be a wake-up call to lenders, who need to re-examine their internal approval procedures.