Andrew Tjaardstra

The issuance is the largest high-yield USD corporate bond offering and the first triple-tranche high-yield USD bond offering from India. Bond issuance has topped $265bn in Asia in H1 2026.

Proceeds from the zero-coupon convertible bond will be used for refinancing existing debt, including another convertible bond, share buy-backs and general corporate purposes, as the PC giant ramps up AI investment.

As the Indonesian firm, which owns one of the largest gold mines in Apac, seeks to deepen its engagement with global capital markets, cornerstone investors have committed to invest $152m, representing 49.9% of the depositary receipts.

Amid a strong bond market, the government is prioritising taxes, tax agreements and talent, to encourage more firms, including from Belt and Road countries, to set-up treasury centres in the SAR; proposals will be sent to LegCo in 2027.

As the transport giant attracts more non-Asian investors, Hong Kong's MTR Corporation said it has entered a new phase of growth of its low-carbon railway infrastructure in Hong Kong as part of its sustainability framework.

Group treasurer Laurent Christophe said the deal highlights the attractiveness of trade receivables as an underlying asset class.

Yang Wen, Swift's head of North Asia, shared his views with CT on how ISO 20222, fraud detection, AI-driven analytics and digital payments, including on wallets, are evolving in Asia Pacific.

The Singapore telecoms firm is set to spend S$1.2bn on data centres, equipment and fit-outs for GPU-as-a-service facilities and AI; in February it invested in a data centre firm with KKR.

As the war in Iran drags on, the Small Industries Development Bank of India has been handed a capital infusion to improve credit flow to MSMEs in rural areas, support technology initiatives and to partner with local banks.

Digital Edge has closed its first $575m HoldCo financing as the data centre firm expands its footprint across South Korea, Japan, India and Southeast Asia; the deal, which swiftly follows a $880m green loan in Thailand, has a feature to convert into a SLL.

The expansion of the blended finance programme under Singapore’s Financing Asia’s Transition Partnership, includes funding for hard-to-abate sectors from BII. The IEA has also issued a warning around the huge funding required for SEA's transition from coal.

The central bank said the surprise decision is a "pre-emptive" measure to keep inflation in check and to stablise the rupiah as the Iran war drags on. Exports of "strategic natural resources" will need to go through state-owned enterprises.