China

Fantasia Holdings Group Co managed to take advantage of a stock market rebound that proved to be short-lived on Thursday, raising $300m from a 364-day trade. The company has around $1.6bn of onshore and offshore bonds maturing in the coming months, but managed to convince investors it has a plan to deal with this looming maturity risk.

The People’s Bank of China eyes bond market reforms, China’s FX reserves stand at $3.16tr after another month of growth, and Cambodia moves closer to replacing the dollar with the renminbi for trades with China.

GLP has raised Rmb1.2bn ($191m) from a nine year Panda bond on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The size of the Belt and Road branded deal was expanded, surprising some in the market.

Local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) from Fujian and Jiangxi braved the offshore debt market this week, after share prices across Asia and the US recovered from a bout of volatility. The two companies raised $500m between them.

Sunshine 100 China Holdings became the first Asian issuer to turn to the international bond market this week, tapping a three non-call two year bond as other issuers shied away from the market following a global collapse in stock prices.

State-owned insurer China Taiping Insurance Holdings is raising a HK$500m loan from the offshore market, according to sources.

Three Asian debt issuers launched dollar bonds on Wednesday, taking advantage of a respite from the market turmoil that all but shut the debt market earlier this week.

JinkoSolar Holding Co set out plans to raise $100m on Wednesday, after opening the order book for a follow-on offering of American Depository Shares alongside a private placement of the shares, according to a deal term sheet.

China Merchants Port Holdings sealed its first Panda deal on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Monday, raising Rmb500m ($79.5m) from a three year bond. The red chip issuer will take the proceeds offshore to finance its Belt and Road Initiative-linked purchase of the Hambantota port in Sri Lanka.

Panda bond issuance has so far been dominated by overseas-incorporated Chinese names. That bolsters volumes, but it does little to help the market fulfil its role of boosting RMB internationalisation. Policymakers have the chance to fix it — but only if they are bold enough to let markets play a bigger role.

Asian bond issuance has ground to a halt this week, with new deals put on hold and bankers urging caution amid volatility across the equity and bond markets.

As China's domestic bond market continues to suffer from a deleveraging campaign, Sino-Ocean Property Holdings is again turning to the Panda market for funding – less than two weeks after it last tapped the asset class.