South Korea

South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co has raised a $200m loan consisting of conventional and Islamic financing tranches, in a deal driven by Middle Eastern banks.

South Korean internet company Naver Corp, best known for its search platform, has made its debut in the bond market with a $500m sustainability note.

Bank of America has made some top level changes to its South Korea business, according to internal memos seen by GlobalCapital Asia on Friday.

Coupang, a South Korean e-commerce company, scooped up $4.2bn from its IPO this week, after pricing the deal above the marketed range. It is the largest US listing from Asia since Alibaba Group Holding raised $25bn seven years ago.

Woori Card Co, a South Korean financial services firm, targeted investors in Taiwan on Wednesday for a $200m social bond.

While European banks have been ducking the covered bond market in favour of central bank liquidity, issuance from the asset class’s newer markets has also been light, but for different reasons. Attention is now on South Korea and Japan, which are seen as the most promising sources of new issuance, according to a senior S&P ratings official.

South Korean e-commerce company Coupang has increased the price range for its US IPO a day before wrapping up the deal, now putting proceeds of up to $4.08bn within reach.

South Korea’s flag carrier Korean Air has topped up its coffers with W2.5tr ($2.19bn) in fresh equity after sealing a jumbo rights issue.

SK Bioscience has priced its IPO at the top of the marketed range, raising W1.49tr ($1.32bn) from South Korea’s largest listing in four years.

Coupang, an e-commerce company, has kicked off bookbuilding for an up to $3.6bn IPO that is set to be the largest ever US listing by a South Korean issuer.

Korea Development Bank has set a new benchmark for Asia by selling the region’s first SEC-registered Sofr-linked floating rate dollar note. It gives further momentum to the use of the new Libor replacement rate, amid an expected spurt in FRN issuance due to volatility in interest rates. Morgan Davis reports.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea returned to the offshore renminbi bond market after nearly three years this week. It took advantage of a recent rally in the CNH swap rate to raise Rmb1.5bn ($232.4m). Addison Gong reports.