Greater China

In this round-up, Egypt looks to issue renminbi bonds in the first quarter of 2020, retail investors chased after Suzhou HYC’s Star Market debut, and the regulators gave the greenlight to top brokerages to sell financial bonds in the interbank market.

First Abu Dhabi Bank has courted Taiwanese investors yet again, this time raising $900m from a Formosa bond.

China’s Jinshang Bank kicked off its HK$3.42bn ($438m) Hong Kong IPO on strong footing on Friday, with the book well covered ahead of launch.

ESR Cayman has turned to the debt market for a $175m bond tap, just two weeks after delaying its initial public offering in Hong Kong.

Three new companies have set their sights on listing in Hong Kong, filing draft IPO documents with the exchange.

CK Hutchison Holdings is paring down its stake in Hutchison China MediTech (Chi-Med) through a placement after the biopharmaceutical company put its planned Hong Kong IPO on the back burner.

Chinese online lender Qudian benefitted from active engagement with equity-linked investors to explain its business and growth potential to raise $300m from a popular convertible bond.

Gansu Provincial Highway Aviation Tourism Investment Group Co priced a $300m bond that was over eight times covered at its peak, in yet another busy week for issuance from Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs).

Phil Lipton, a veteran banker who is a well-known figure in Asia’s syndicated loans market, has left HSBC, bringing an end to a 15-year career at the firm. Pan Yue and Rashmi Kumar report.

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Credit Suisse north Asia loan syndicate head exits — DBS loses loans banker — Maybank IB nabs ECM banker — SGX rejigs structure — CICC gets new chairman

Country Garden seeks second borrowing in six months – UAF taps two banks for HK$1.6bn – Deutsche arranges $190m for Shangshi – Pakistan sovereign deal open – Malakoff woos banks to refi – IRFC pulls into Samurai market