Greater China

Troubled Chinese property developer Tahoe Group, which has revealed a plunge in revenues and big losses for the first half of 2020, has defaulted for the fourth time in just 40 days.

Nongfu Spring, a Chinese bottled water and beverage company, has kicked off pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong IPO.

China’s local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) have seen strong appetite for their dollar bonds recently, allowing them to price deals at new lows, as a combination of attractive returns and expectations of state support amid Covid-19 wins over investors.

Chinese biotechnology company JW (Cayman) Therapeutics is planning to float on Hong Kong’s stock exchange. It has filed a draft prospectus with the bourse.

In this round-up, the six month review of the US-China trade deal has been delayed, the head of the Chinese banking and insurance regulator talks about non-performing loan risk and the resurgence of shadow banking activity, and the Hang Seng Index begins including secondary listed companies and those with weighted voting rights.

In this round-up, total social financing (TSF) growth in July is below expectations due to a steep fall in new renminbi loans, the banking industry’s profit growth turns negative for the first half of 2020, and Baidu’s video unit iQiyi says it is under the scrutiny of the US securities regulator.

In this round-up, China produces a sanctions list in response to a similar move by the US, multinational companies raise concerns on US president Donald Trump’s executive order against Tencent’s WeChat, and Chinese telecommunications firms will be barred from taking part in India’s 5G trial.

Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure, a Hong Kong-listed red Panda issuer, returned to the renminbi market this week for a small Rmb500m ($72m) bond. The issuer wrapped up the deal after extending the bookbuilding period by half a day.

Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group Co added a dash of variety to bond supply from China’s local government financing vehicles, by selling a $300m dual-tranche deal that combined a senior unsecured portion with an unsubordinated perpetual.

Hong Kong-listed Summit Ascent Holdings, an investment holding company focused on operating resorts, is planning a rights issue worth HK$1.6bn ($206m).

Cigarette packaging producer Amvig Holdings has closed its HK$1.35bn ($174m) loan with seven lenders.

Troubled Chinese local government financing vehicle Beijing Haidian State-owned Assets Investment Group (Haidian SAIG) finally managed to sell a bond without mishaps on Wednesday. The trade is a win for the issuer, especially since it has been receiving the cold shoulder from the market since July, but the LGFV may need to address deeper-seated problems in future outings, said bankers. Rebecca Feng reports.