China

Weak investor sentiment, oversupply and aggressive pricing strategies hurt the Asian dollar bond market this week. As issuers rushed to sell deals before China’s Golden Week holiday and the US presidential election in November, many were left with transactions that fell short of expectations or slumped in the secondary market. Morgan Davis reports.

Chinese companies Chindata Group Holdings and Yalla Group have kicked off their US IPOs, testing investor appetite at a time when sentiment is weak and major equity markets have taken a hit.

China Yangtze Power, a Chinese utility company, has launched its listing on the London Stock Exchange, becoming the third company to list in London through the London-Shanghai Stock Connect scheme. The deal is expected to be worth up to $3.4bn.

Chinese rating agencies are facing increasing pressure, after the country’s securities association said it had found evidence of firms inflating ratings to win business. Addison Gong reports.

China Yangtze Power Co has won approval from the Mainland regulator to push ahead with its IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

China Merchants Bank raised $700m from a dual-tranche transaction on Tuesday, marketed by two different overseas branches with two different structures. But the issuer ran into negative market sentiment that dented appetite for the deal.

China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co had to tackle questions from investors and weaker market conditions to sell the first dollar tier two bond from a Mainland leasing company.

Chinese logistics company ZTO Express (Cayman) and biopharmaceutical firm Zai Lab wrapped up their secondary listings in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

JHBP (CY) Holdings, a holding company for China’s Genor Biopharma, hit the road for its Hong Kong IPO on Wednesday. It is aiming to raise up to HK$2.9bn ($371.2m).

Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) was back in the dollar market with a perpetual bond on Tuesday, nearly a year after its last deal.

JD Health International, the healthcare arm of Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com, is set to list on Hong Kong’s stock exchange by the end of the year.

The State Administration for Market Regulation (Samr) has concluded a five month investigation into Luckin Coffee over unfair competition, fining the company and nearly four dozen others that were also involved a total of Rmb61m ($9m).