Greater China
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Oriental Petrochemical (Taiwan) Co, a subsidiary of conglomerate Far Eastern Group, is planning a return to the loan market for a dual currency borrowing that will include a dollar portion for the first time.
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China's latest crackdown of three of its technology companies has a clear message for firms looking to list in the US — and investors wanting to buy their shares.
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Santander has appointed a new head of sustainable capital markets in London: Victoria Land, until recently head of APAC sustainable banking at Crédit Agricole in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong’s stock exchange is planning to launch a new platform to cut the IPO settlement process, often criticised for being longer than on other global bourses.
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Three Chinese domestic credit rating agencies downgraded Sichuan Languang Development Co due to higher refinancing risk on Monday, sending its bond prices lower.
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Asia's investment grade bond market is off to a busy start for the week, while pressure on the high yield sector continues to keep borrowers at bay.
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An investor consortium led by the local government of Jiangsu has agreed to channel Rmb8.82bn ($1.36bn) into troubled Chinese electric appliance retailer Suning.com, giving a boost to the company’s share price.
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China’s cybersecurity task force has ordered online platforms Full Truck Alliance (FTA) and Kanzhun, both recently listed in New York, to stop signing up new users. The move came immediately after the regulator ordered ride-hailing service Didi to be removed from mobile app stores.
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Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group, a Chinese state-owned company, has returned to the loan market after three years for a sustainability-linked facility.
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Bank of China has notched yet another first in Asia’s debt market. The firm’s Hong Kong arm has raised Rmb1.5bn ($232m) from an offshore dim sum bond tagged as a ‘sustainable and smart living’ green deal, aimed at meeting the Mainland’s ambitious carbon neutrality goals.
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Xpeng bagged HK$14bn ($1.8bn) this week from the first secondary listing in Hong Kong by a Chinese electric vehicle maker.
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Rowena Chu, vice-chair of Greater China investment banking coverage at Deutsche Bank, has retired.