China

In this round up, trade tension carried on intensifying as both sides rolled out more punitive moves, the People’s Bank of China and the Monetary Authority of Singapore signed a three year currency swap agreement and April’s industrial production and retail sales growth declined.

The market welcomed a dose of investment grade rated corporate and financial supply on Thursday. State-owned enterprise (SOE) Shougang Group saw its bond rally in the aftermarket, while onshore brokerage Huatai Securities and China Ping An Insurance Overseas also managed to price deals tightly.

Chinese solar farm group Xinyi Energy Holdings has faced minimal impact from the ongoing US-China trade war as it nears the end of bookbuilding for a HK$4.4bn ($564m) IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Luckin Coffee has raised $561m from its Nasdaq listing after boosting the size of the original American Depository Shares (ADS) offer and closing the deal a day early, according to a banker on the mandate.

The Republic of the Philippines made a triumphant return to the Panda bond market this week, raising Rmb2.5bn ($363m) from a deal that was tighter and larger than its debut last year. Rebecca Feng reports.

Bond exchanges and tender offers are rising in popularity among Asian issuers, as funding officials race to beat a mountain of maturities next year. Addison Gong reports.

Chinese construction materials provider Pujiang International Group has begun bookbuilding for its HK$852m ($109m) IPO.

Chinese issuers kept up their bond issuances on Wednesday, despite having to contend with the backdrop of the US-China trade war. Three borrowers raised a combined $840m, proving that investors are still buying a range of credits.

Chinese private education provider JH Educational Technology has filed an application to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

China’s State Development and Investment Corp (SDIC) launched a $1bn transaction on Tuesday, split between a green bond and a conventional bond. Investors shook off trade war worries to swarm both portions of the deal with orders.

Menswear clothing company Mulsanne Group Holding has kickstarted bookbuilding for its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Equity investors who base their trading on the daily news flow emanating from the US and China, are going to have to accept the possibility that the relationship between the two countries will sour.