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Hong Kong-listed Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group and China Hongqiao Group have added to the burst of convertible bond activity in the first week of 2021, raising a combined $900m from the equity-linked market on Thursday.

SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co has sold the first auto loan ABS transaction of the year in China, printing a Rmb10bn ($1.55bn) deal this week.

The New York Stock Exchange’s flip-flop on whether to delist three Chinese telecommunications giants caused plenty of confusion in the market this week, but mainland companies are still keen to sell shares in the US. Jonathan Breen reports.

Asia’s dollar bond market reopened this week with record issuance. Issuers are usually keen to get in ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday, but the start to 2021 has seen a rush of new primary deals like never before. Bankers said the supply will continue, although they expect it to slow down in the next few weeks. Morgan Davis reports.

The stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen have introduced new regulations to forcibly delist companies, fast-tracking the process and giving more clarity about the various scenarios that can push firms to exit the bourses. There are loopholes, however, and the true impact of the regime on China’s equities market will probably be limited, writes Addison Gong.

BMW Automotive Finance (China) Co and SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co are edging closer to sealing their first China auto loan asset-backed securitization deals of the year.

Issuers from Greater China flooded the market with dollar deals on Tuesday, capitalising on strong appetite from investors ready to put money to work in the new year.

The nascent transition bond market is set to get a boost after Bank of China announced plans for a new deal in both dollars and offshore renminbi.

Chinese toll road operator Zhejiang Expressway kick-started Asia's equity-linked market this week, dipping into euros for the year’s first convertible bond. It plans to use all the proceeds to repay debt.

Dollar bond issuance from Chinese property companies went up a notch on Tuesday with seven firms printing deals. On Monday, the first working day of the New Year in the region, four Mainland developers had wooed investors.

Shangri-La Asia, the investment holding company of hotel operator Shangri-La Group, has hired two banks to lead a Rmb1bn ($155m) Panda bond, its first in the currency.

The New York Stock Exchange has dropped plans to delist the stocks of China Mobile, China Telecom Corp and China Unicom (Hong Kong).