CITIC Securities

China YuHua Education Corp was expected to close its HK$1.9bn ($244.8m) IPO on Tuesday as scheduled — but price sensitivity among investors meant finding the right pricing level was posing a challenge as GlobalCapital Asia went to press.

Citic and Xinyuan Real Estate are out with their respective bonds on a busy Tuesday in the dollar debt market, as China Jinmao Holdings Group also announces a tender plus new issue as part of its liability management.

China YuHua Education Corp has hit the road to drum up demand for its Hong Kong listing, which could raise up to HK$1.9bn ($245.5m).

Activity is trickling back into Asia ECM as bankers return to their desks post Chinese New Year, with several Hong Kong IPOs looking to start pre-marketing and a Thai name testing investor appetite.

Chinese private school operator Wisdom Education International Holdings has sealed its HK$850m ($109.6m) IPO, finding enough demand to make it through a tight window while defying President Trump-inspired jitters, according to a banker working on the deal.

China’s Wisdom Education International Holdings hit the road on Thursday, opening books for its Hong Kong IPO that could raise up to HK$1.1bn ($147.0m).

Wisdom Education International Holdings Co is set to start taking orders for its Hong Kong IPO on Thursday and is eyeing up to $150m, according to a banker close to the transaction.

China’s Jilin Jiutai Rural Commercial Bank has bagged HK$3.0bn ($386.9m) after pricing its IPO near the bottom of guidance.

It was a year of opposite fates for Panda and dim sum bonds in 2016 with the former reaching record heights and the latter pretty much left on the sidelines. In our first outlook piece of the year, GlobalRMB reached out to several experts to get their thoughts on what the future holds for both asset classes.

Asia’s brokerages have needed to stay nimble in the face of volatile markets and changing regulation that has tested their industry. HSBC and CLSA are well placed to meet the challenge after coming out top in the Asiamoney Brokers Poll. Peter McGill reports.

China Aluminum International Engineering (Chalieco), ICBC International and Changsha Pilot all walked away with fresh funds on Wednesday, pricing their deals ahead of Thursday’s US Thanksgiving holiday.

Volkswagen Financial Services completed its fifth, and to date largest, Chinese auto loan asset-backed securitization fetching Rmb4bn ($581m) from its Driver China five transaction on Tuesday.