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CLSA took a hit this week after its long-serving chief executive officer, Jonathan Slone, and the bank’s chief operating officer both resigned, barely two weeks after chairman Tang Zhenyi also quit. The firm is caught in a struggle with its Chinese state-backed owner, Citic Securities, with the pair’s different approaches to investment banking a major sticking point. Jonathan Breen reports.
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Chinese property company KWG Group Holdings closed a $350m bond tap this week, coming to the market just a week before it was due to report earnings. That led to a sharp disagreement between bankers over the practice of launching deals during a blackout period. Morgan Davis reports.
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China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing Co reintroduced bonds backed by loans to the Asian market this week, but the revival of such a rare structure for the region comes with challenges and concerns.
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With many Asian companies readying their earnings in their respective blackout periods, a trickling of Chinese property bonds have kept debt investors busy.
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Singapore’s Frasers Property has closed a S$785m ($581m) green loan, the second green borrowing in six months.
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Bestway Global Holding this week became the latest Chinese debutante to find the offshore loan market tough going, falling short of its intended deal size. Debut names will face worse market access this year and will need to rely upon guarantees, onshore banking relationships and the reputation of their industry sector to have the best chance of securing international money, writes Pan Yue.
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