Greater China
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The tripling of Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo’s shares this year did little to deter investors from pouncing on its follow-on and convertible bond outing. It raised about $5.3bn from the combined transactions, paving the way for further expansion and growth. -
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China’s onshore bond market has been hit with a number of high-profile defaults from state-owned issuers, undermining primary supply and leading to a spike in secondary yields. Addison Gong reports.
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The People’s Republic of China returned to the European market on Wednesday, part of its plan to make euro bond outings an annual exercise. The €4bn transaction was a blow-out, with the order book well oversubscribed — and one of the three tranches achieving the sovereign’s first negative yield. Morgan Davis reports.
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China Gezhouba Group Co raised $200m from a subordinated perpetual bond on Wednesday.
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Central China Real Estate paid up for its $300m return to the bond market on Tuesday, navigating weaker investor sentiment to get its deal over the finish line.
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CapitaLand Retail China Trust (CRCT) took advantage of strong investor demand for its placement to fully exercise a greenshoe option and raise S$245.4m ($182.8m) on Tuesday.
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Dongfeng Nissan Auto Finance Co is set to launch a Rmb4.9bn ($747m) auto loan asset backed securitization next week.
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Baoshang Bank’s complete write-down of close to $1bn of tier two debt offers an invaluable lesson to investors in China’s domestic bond market.
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CapitaLand Retail China Trust is tapping equity investors for S$300m ($223.16m) to fund a spate of property acquisitions.
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Chinese housing-related platform operator Ke Holdings, which listed in August in New York, is back again to the equity market. It is looking to raise around $2.6bn from a follow-on offering.
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Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has kicked off a multi-billion-dollar equity fundraising exercise, taking advantage of a sharp rally in its share price this year to aim for as much as $4.85bn.
