Greater China

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing is adding to its structured products offering with the launch of inline warrants.

Hong Kong’s securities watchdog has fined Credit Suisse HK$2.8m ($357,770) for failing to meet disclosure requirements when publishing research reports about Hong Kong-listed securities.

Equity investors have poured cold water on the notion that a US Federal Reserve interest rate cut this year would be enough to offset the damage to capital markets that a prolonged trade stand-off between the US and China would cause.

Chinese property manager JY Grandmark Holdings is looking to raise up to $200m from an IPO in Hong Kong, according to a source close to the deal.

Nasdaq-listed Chinese social media platform YY hit the market with an $850m dual-tranche convertible bond on Wednesday.

Biotechnology company WuXi Biologics Holdings has completed a HK$3.81bn ($487m) sale of a part of its stake in subsidiary WuXi Biologics (Cayman), its second sell-down in the stock in less than three months.

China’s Jinxin Fertility Group has raised HK$2.99bn ($381.9m) from its Hong Kong listing after riding a wave of investor demand for healthcare stocks.

Greenland Holding Group Co tackled a July maturity by raising $500m from a bond on Tuesday, but the company still has more refinancing pressure in the near term.

Xi'an Municipal Infrastructure Construction Investment Group Corp has sealed a seven times subscribed bond to refinance an upcoming maturity. The deal was the first to price after China announced measures to curb local government debt by restricting new offshore issuance from their financing vehicles.

Maybank plans to return to the Chinese debt market on Wednesday with a Rmb2bn ($289m) Panda bond offering after a two-year hiatus. This time around, the Malaysian lender has roped in a policy bank as the trade’s lead underwriter.

Cooley has appointed capital markets lawyer Michael Yu as a partner in Hong Kong, as the firm continues ramping up its Asia presence.

Xinyi Glass Holdings and Xinyi Group (Glass) Co sealed a HK$1.18bn ($150.3m) block trade of Xinyi Solar Holdings' shares on Monday after a lock-up expired on their positions in the company.