Northeast Asia

SoftBank returned to euro and dollar bond markets after a three year absence to issue an eight tranche deal, raising more than $7bn-equivalent from total demand of more than $16bn, and hitting every empty spot in its funding curve at once.

Citi has shaken up the top ranks of its corporate banking business in Taiwan following a senior banker’s decision to retire from the firm.

Medlive Technology and Brii Biosciences are tapping investors for a combined HK$6.7bn ($863m).

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities raised $300m from its green bond on Tuesday.

Bank of Communications Hong Kong has sold its first Basel-III compliant tier two bond. The deal was four times subscribed at its peak.

West China Cement returned to the bond market this week after an absence of nearly seven years to raise $600m.

Four Chinese local government financing vehicles courted dollar investors on Tuesday, raising $870m between them.

South Korean pharmaceutical company HK Inno.N Corp has kicked off pre-deal investor education for its IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi has raised $4.4bn from its New York Stock Exchange IPO, increasing the size of the float after investors pumped more than $40bn of orders into the book.

An exciting rebound in the flow of China-into-US listings took an unexpected hit last week when online grocery start-up, Missfresh, plummeted on the first day of trading. While this is worrying, investors are still positive around these IPOs.

SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co is continuing its run of deals in China’s auto loan ABS market. It is now on its fourth outing of the year, with plans to price the Rmb10bn ($1.55bn) transaction on Thursday.

Hong Kong jewellery company Chow Tai Fook has received strong support for its latest loan, allowing it to almost double the deal size.