Financing Strategies
Japan
Nippon Life Insurance, the country's largest private life insurer, said on August 18 that it plans to tap domestic institutional investors for JPY50bn (US$455mn). The company will...
2008-08-20Hong Kong
Islamic finance continues to boom in Asia, as Singapore property developer City Developments (CityDev) plans a sukuk (Islamic bond) sale the same week as Malaysian lender Hong Leung...
2008-08-20Australia
Despite continuing market volatility and the weak sentiment surrounding Asian IPOs so far in 2008, Australian pharmaceutical firm CSL and Royal Philips Electronics managed to raise...
2008-08-19Japan
On July 18, Japanese property developer Zephyr filed for bankruptcy protection with about US$893mn in debt on its books. The failure is the largest of a listed firm in Japan in almost...
2008-07-22China
PetroChina, Asia's top oil and gas producer, is planning to issue up to CNY60bn (US$8.7bn) in corporate bonds in a potentially record breaking corporate bond issue, as high global...
2008-06-13China
China Natural Gas Inc has announced its intentions to speed up its expansion plans in order to steal a march on its competitors, as China increasingly turns to cleaner energy sources...
2008-05-22India
Indian Kotak Mahindra Bank is now following the lead of industrial firms like Tata and telecoms operator Bhartitel in announcing its interest in making foreign acquisitions.
2008-05-22Australia
Wesfarmers shares were suspended on April 21 to allow the Perth, Australia-based conglomerate launch a rights issue worth AUD2.57bn (US$2.42bn). Wesfarmers, Australia's largest retailer,...
2008-04-25
