Greater China
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Ant Group has got the go ahead from regulators for the Hong Kong portion of its dual listing, which is expected to raise around $30bn in the largest ever primary share offering globally.
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Shimao Services has joined the stream of Chinese property managers listing in Hong Kong this year, kicking off bookbuilding for its up to HK$10.1bn ($1.3bn) IPO.
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JW (Cayman) Therapeutics has launched pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong IPO, setting the final stage of the deal ahead of launch in motion.
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Veteran loans banker John Corrin has been promoted to head of corporate finance, international, at ANZ, a newly created position that will give him oversight of a larger business.
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China has unveiled major revisions to its law governing commercial banks, with the changes set to help strengthen corporate governance and the risk disposal mechanism of domestic lenders.
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Shanghai-listed SDIC Power Holdings has priced its $200.6m London offering of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) at the bottom of the marketed range.
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Société Générale has appointed Yasmine Djeddai as head of sustainable finance for Asia Pacific, a newly created position set up to leverage opportunities around environmental, social and governance-related financing in the region.
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China Minsheng Banking Corp sold a floating rate bond through its Hong Kong branch last Friday, nabbing $500m from the club-style transaction.
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In this round-up, China's economic rebound strengthens in the third quarter, the country’s legislature passes a new law on export control to protect sensitive technology, and the law governing commercial banks faces major revisions.
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Xiaomi Corp-backed electric scooter maker Ninebot has set the issue price for its Rmb2.08bn ($309m) IPO on Shanghai’s Star market, the first offering of depository receipts in China.
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In this round-up, China’s September inflation data disappoints, import volume beats expectations by a large margin, and Ant Group might be added to the trade blacklist by the US ahead of its jumbo IPO.
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Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China’s investment arm tapped the bond market on Thursday, joining a host of other issuers that also sought fresh funding.