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  • Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index made a historic change this week, allowing companies with weighted voting rights (WVRs) and secondary-listed shares on to the index.
  • Emerging market bond issuance, particularly from the Middle East, has been recovering after the brutal March shocks of Covid-19 and low oil prices. Egypt took that momentum further on Thursday as it announced a triple tranche trade.
  • Chinese IPOs in the US came under renewed pressure this week after the US Senate passed legislation that could ban mainland companies from its stock exchanges and the Nasdaq said it intends to tighten the screws on regulations around listings. Jonathan Breen reports.
  • Cruise ship operator Genting Hong Kong has become the latest Asian company to seek a covenant waiver on a loan as the Covid-19 pandemic hits its operations. A rise in payment deferral requests is putting further pressure on retail banks that are already being forced to take a step back from lending. Pan Yue reports.
  • At least four issuers are planning to sell Panda bonds in June, GlobalCapital China has learned. Rebecca Feng reports.
  • Chinese property companies are slowly returning to the dollar bond market, reopening issuance from the sector after a two-month hiatus. Although debt bankers are not predicting a big pick-up in deal flow from these high yield issuers, the lack of supply is giving some borrowers an edge over pricing. Morgan Davis reports.