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  • The Hong Kong bourse saw a raft of IPO filings this week, as issuers made a beeline for what could be a bumper September for new share sales.
  • At least $8bn in IPOs from Asian issuers could hit screens in September alone, if everything goes according to plan. But with investor sentiment still on the rocks despite the mid-year lull coming to a close, equity capital markets bankers are hoping for a swift end to what has been a summer of volatility. John Loh reports.
  • Japan telecoms company SoftBank took another step towards its flotation this week by replacing its intergroup credit with a double-B rated leveraged loan. This followed a high-yield bond sale in April with the same purpose.
  • The US S&P 500 index hit a record high on Tuesday, which means that the US equity bull market had, by most standards, equalled the longest in history. Nevertheless primary equity market practitioners seem to retain a sense of gloom that the good times are about to end.
  • The pipeline of Asian IPOs headed for the US is shaping up for September, with the latest crop of issuers all starting to drum up investor interest.
  • China’s peer-to-peer lenders are once again staring into the abyss, following a string of recent scandals and a new crackdown by regulators. As the noose tightens around the sector, IPO-hopefuls like Weidai should tread with caution.