Funding & Investment

The Indian renewable energy group combined an international bond issue with a tender and redemption of its 2027 notes; ReNew Energy raised a $600m bond in GIFT City in February.

The five-year sustainability-linked refinancing consolidates several loan facilities into a single, multi-currency structure across multiple funding currencies; the Apac property firm wants to grow its core logistics and data centre businesses.

The Singapore-based professional services platform has raised a $35m Series B; former Slack chief financial officer Allen Shim joined as president and CFO in June.

The container shipping giant said its entry into China’s capital market will diversify its funding sources and improve access to cost-efficient funds, amid rapid growth in the panda bond market.

Bogd Bank has increased its debut international notes to $100m, while the Development Bank of Mongolia has expanded its new bond to $750m, highlighting growing offshore investor interest in the frontier market.

The Japanese yen fell to a 40-year low, the Korean won outperformed, the Rmb was flat, the Indian rupee was resilient, while MAS unexpectedly tightened monetary policy.

The $500m, A$500m and R7bn financing package will refinance existing debt and support the South African miner’s expansion into Australian copper; copper is used in renewable energy and AI.

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The working capital facility for Morinaga Nutritional Foods Vietnam links financial terms to the company’s targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption intensity, following a series of MUFG SLL funding in Asean.

The $40m funding for South Asia Gateway Terminals, including from HSBC, aims to improve twin-lift ship-to-shore cranes which will help increase productivity, improve operational reliability and reduce energy use.

As Apac green financing grows, the funding, backed by 30 institutions including IFC, will help develop hyperscale campus JHB2 in Johor, which is targeting a design power usage effectiveness of 1.37 and using water-efficient cooling technology.

Amid strong demand, the two Hong Kong-listed Chinese firms have announced zero-coupon convertible bond issues totalling around $1.3bn, as capital-intensive tech businesses seek funding while limiting immediate interest costs.