Issue 1061 - 3 July 2008

Credit News

Corporate Bonds

• Philippines’ SM hires UBS for $200m bond

High Yield

• Stats ChipPac postpones HY bond as US dollar mart grinds to a halt

Asian Currencies

• Thailand gives 15 foreign issuers green light to sell bonds
• Asia pacific International Bond Watchbox (week ending July 4, 2008)
• Asian currency bonds, June 25-July 2, 2008
• Chinese bonds take steps forward and back

Structured Finance

Asset Backed Securities

• Asia Pacific Securitisations, June 26-July 3, 2008 Source: Dealogic/EuroWeek
• RBS and ABN make triple decker of Korean credit card deals

Syndicated Loans / Leveraged Finance

Investment Grade or Non-leveraged Loans

• Australasian Syndicated Loans - news in brief, July 4 ,2008

Leveraged Finance Loans

• Bidding war for Huawei leaves only four contestants standing
• Asia Pacific Leveraged Finance - news in brief, July 4, 2008
• LS Cable’s loan for Superior Essex goes into syndication

Emerging markets

• South Asian Syndicated Loans - news in brief, July 4, 2008
• Books left with 80% as Farrer loan stumbles
• East Asian Syndicated Loans - news in brief, July 4, 2008
• First Gen decides on eight banks for its $750m refinancing

Equity

• Bayan hopes to stoke demand for its IPO
• Japan launches $1bn selldown of Chuo Mitsui
• SJM, Sinomedia swerve Asia IPO pile-up — but three crash

Market News

• HKMA’s Yam calls for Asian head of BIS
• KBC Concord launches Taiwan dollar mutual fund
• Lone Star explores alternatives in KEB stake sale to HSBC

Trading Places

• Asia Pacifc Moves in Brief, July 4, 2008

Taipan

• Chinese whispers

League Tables

Asia Pacific

• Asia (ex-Japan) involvement m&a advisory ranking — 2008 (July 3, 2008)
• Asia Pacific involvement m&a advisory ranking — 2008 (July 3, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Asian currency bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Chinese renminbi bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Hong Kong dollar bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Indian rupee bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Indonesian rupiah bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Korean won bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Malaysian ringgit bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Singapore dollar bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Taiwanese dollar bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of all Thai baht bonds — 2008 (July 2, 2008)
• Bookrunners of Asia pacific (ex japan & Australia) syndicated loans — 2008 (July 3, 2008)
• Bookrunners of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan & Australasia) bonds in $, EU and ¥ — 2008 (July 3, 2008)
• Bookrunners of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan & Australasia) ECM Issuance — 2008 (July 3, 2008)
• Bookrunners of Asia Pacific bonds in dollars, euros and yen — 2008 (July 3, 2008)
• Bookrunners of Asia pacific equity capital markets issuance — 2008 (July 3, 2008)
• Bookrunners of Asia Pacific syndicated loans — 2008 (July 3, 2008)
• Monthly issuance volumes (July 2, 2008)