China

Euroclear Bank, a Brussels-based international securities depository, will work with China Central Depository and Clearing (CCDC) to develop a bond trading link for international investors to access Chinese domestic bonds.

Mainland China-based Cathay Media Group is eyeing a Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO, filing a prospectus with the bourse this week.

Chinese real estate developer Longfor Group Holdings raised $850m from a 10 year bond on Monday, taking advantage of a recent ratings upgrade that led to a rally in its secondary price.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has priced $3.15bn of green bonds in US dollars, Hong Kong dollars and offshore renminbi (CNH), achieving a number of firsts in the process.

Chinese home appliance retailer Suning.com is seeking a $500m term loan to support its acquisition of French supermarket company Carrefour’s mainland China business. Although there are doubts about Carrefour’s future operations, bankers are still keen to maintain a relationship with the borrower.

Wuhan Financial Holdings (Group) Co found an opportunity to return to the bond market with a $300m tap, getting strong support from its 10-member syndicate team.

Chinese company Avic International Leasing Co is seeking a $150m syndicated loan. It has mandated First Abu Dhabi Bank as the lead, the first time the Middle Eastern lender has bookrun a Chinese deal on a sole basis.

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is reducing the amount of money that banks need to hold as reserves, a long-overdue move that analysts said is just one of many more easing measures to be implemented in the country.

In this round-up, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced both broad-based and targeted reserve requirement ratio cuts, China’s exports dropped further and Hong Kong witnessed another weekend of protests despite the withdrawal of the extradition bill.

Topsports International Holdings has kicked off pre-marketing for its Hong Kong SAR listing, which is expected to raise around $1bn, according to sources close to the deal.

South Korean energy company SK E&S Co has bagged HK$5.1bn ($650.7m) after selling a block of shares in China Gas Holdings, a source close to the deal told GlobalCapital Asia.

In this round-up, JPMorgan has decided to include Chinese government bonds into its government bond index for emerging markets, Fitch downgrades Hong Kong by one notch to AA and Caixin manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declines in August.