Derek Li

Jan 22, 2025 | ionanalytics.com | Elvis Au-Yeung |Derek Li |Keane Hoo

Data Insight (If you would like to submit mandates, please email )The number of mandates awarded to insolvency professionals across Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) in 2024 declined year-over-year (YoY) for the second consecutive year, due primarily to a continued drop in new roles in China—the region’s largest source of advisory work since 2020. The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) market recorded 220 advisory mandates in 2024 (down 3.9% YoY), tied to USD 149.2bn of debt (down 4.5% YoY).

Oct 7, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Elvis Au-Yeung |Derek Li |Keane Hoo

The number of debt-restructuring-advisory appointments in APAC (ex-Japan) dropped sharply in 3Q24 both QoQ and YoY. Mandate activity across the region was uneven, with appointments for Chinese situations falling significantly, and those for Australian and Indian situations picking up. In total, there were 49 mandates in 3Q24 (down 25.8% QoQ, 23.4% YoY), compared with 66 in 2Q24 and 64 in 3Q23.

Aug 21, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Elvis Au-Yeung |Derek Li |Keane Hoo

In the first half of 2024, restructuring activities across 11 European countries resulted in 198 new mandates for restructuring advisors. These new mandates stemmed from 53 situations involving EUR 121.6bn of debt. (If you would like to submit mandates, please email ). In-courtOf the 53 restructuring situations in this report, 15 were engaged in an in-court process. These 15 situations generated 68 mandates (34.3% of the total) on EUR 16.9bn debt (13.9% of the total).

Jul 18, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Elvis Au-Yeung |Derek Li |Keane Hoo

The number of mandates awarded to insolvency professionals across Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) jumped in 2Q24 compared to the previous quarter, thanks in large part to a surge in mandates from Indonesian situations. A total of 64 mandates were awarded in the region in 2Q24 compared with 53 in 1Q24 and 75 in 2Q23. The advisory roles awarded in 2Q24 were related to 31 companies involving a total of USD 53.8bn debt, down from USD 85.8bn in 1Q24 but up from USD 50.9bn in 2Q23.

Apr 8, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Elvis Au-Yeung |Derek Li |Keane Hoo |Rahul Dhapare

DocumentChinese real estate companies account for the vast majority of active bond restructurings in APACAs of today, 40 Asian companies that have issued international public bonds are actively engaged in a debt restructuring process, according to Debtwire‘s Restructuring Database (click here for access).