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Medical device maker LifeTech Scientific Corp tapped the Hong Kong market for HK$930m ($120m) in fresh equity on Thursday.

E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings was the only issuer in the dollar bond market in Asia on Thursday, raising $200m.

Blue Moon Group, a Chinese detergent maker, saw the book for its up to HK$9.8bn ($1.3bn) IPO covered within hours of opening on Friday.

In Hong Kong, it seems it only takes one septuagenarian ballroom dancer to cause a massive spike in coronavirus cases. But funding officials can be almost as dangerous.

Smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp pocketed $3.96bn this week from a record top-up placement and concurrent convertible bond issue. Investors flocked to the transaction for its rarity value, investment grade rating and the offer of a liquid and volatile stock. Jonathan Breen reports.

Germany’s Volkswagen ended an absence of almost seven years from the offshore renminbi bond market this week, braving a year-end dip in liquidity to seal a Rmb1bn ($153m) deal. It offered yet another diversification opportunity for the carmaker, which is already a well-established name in China’s onshore securitization market. Addison Gong reports.

Hong Kong property company New World Development Co used a fixed-for-life perpetual structure to net $700m on Wednesday.

Chinese state-owned electricity company China Huaneng Group Co sold two tranches of perpetual bonds on Wednesday, raising $1bn.

Investors took a long-term view on Hong Kong Airport Authority’s $1.5bn perpetual bond on Tuesday, shrugging off any Covid-19 related travel concerns to place $14.5bn of orders. Morgan Davis reports.

Chinese property developer Longfor Group Holdings tapped equity investors for HK$4.7bn ($606.3m) through a top-up placement on Tuesday.

Hong Kong's Airport Authority proved that Covid-19 related travel worries are of little concern for its dollar bond investors. The issuer attracted a final order book of $14.5bn for its $1.5bn dual-tranche deal on Tuesday.

Four Chinese borrowers hit the dollar bond market on Tuesday, raising $745m between them.