Greater China

Hong Kong financial institution AMTD International is seeking to raise up to $200m through a US float.

In this round-up, US president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping agreed to meet this month, the first active exchange-traded fund listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) and the volume of outstanding local government bonds rose again in May.

Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) and property developers took advantage of positive sentiment after dovish comments from the Federal Reserve to flood the offshore market with bonds.

Chinese real estate developer Country Garden has returned to the loan market, seeking $1bn from a deal helmed by six banks.

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding’s planned IPO of up to $20bn in Hong Kong is set to trigger a wave of other technology listings in the city, if successful. The timing couldn’t be better, as the US sets its sights on Chinese companies listed in New York. Gina Lee and Jonathan Breen report.

Shanghai’s new high-tech board is set to welcome its maiden IPO after Suzhou HYC Technology Co kicks off its roadshow on Friday. The company will be the first Chinese issuer to use a market-driven price discovery process for its Rmb1.01bn ($145m) float, but bankers on the mainland have little doubt the deal will be a success. Rebecca Feng reports.

China’s recent measures to curb local government debt by restricting new offshore issuance from their financing vehicles led to one of the busiest weeks for the sector, as companies raced to beat the June 30 deadline when their regulatory quotas expire, writes Addison Gong.

Chinese video-based social media platform YY pocketed $850m from a well-timed dual-tranche convertible bond. The deal — launched after repeated indications of interest in US-listed stocks — landed on a burst of risk appetite that followed US president Donald Trump’s tweet confirming his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the G20 gathering in Japan next week. Jonathan Breen reports.

I would like to think that most of the bankers I know pore over the minutiae of deal documents, but there are always exceptions to the rule.

China’s Ministry of Finance has sold its first offshore renminbi bond of 2019, raising Rmb5bn ($729m) on Thursday.

Baoshang Bank’s takeover by the People’s Bank of China, and the continuing after-effects on the country’s banking sector, have forced regulators to adopt short-term measures to save smaller and weaker banks and securities houses.

Peking University Founder Group Co raised $250m in a two year bond trade on Wednesday, using up the last of its offshore issuance quota, and shaking off investor concerns about its ongoing litigation.