Greater China

Chinese construction materials provider Pujiang International Group is seeking the greenlight for an IPO in Hong Kong.

Keep fit by all means, but it may also be wise to keep your running regime out of sight, as a banker friend has just found out.

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) has nabbed $1.1bn from its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, guiding investors toward the bottom of the price range amid choppy markets.

Three Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) managed to push out last-minute dollar deals before the year end on Tuesday, while property developer Kaisa Group Holdings raised $300m from a 365-day bond at a double-digit yield.

Like many recent IPOs in Hong Kong, Chinese telecommunication software provider AsiaInfo Technologies has also priced its listing at the bottom of the indicative range, raising HK$900m ($115m).

Chongqing Nan’an Urban Construction and Development Group Co kept the order book for its dollar bond open for an extra day before raising $300m this week.

Hungary is planning to sell a Rmb2bn ($290m) three year Panda bond on December 17, becoming the first and only sovereign returnee to the market.

In part three of our results announcements, we reveal the winning bond deals across a variety of categories. In addition, we also name the Best G3 Bond House, Best Local Currency Bond House, Best High Yield Bond House and the debut winner of the Best House for SRI Financing.

Anta Sports Products has mandated six banks for a €2.2bn loan to back the €4.6bn acquisition of Finnish sports brand Amer Sports Oyj.

Hong Kong-listed natural gas distributor China Gas wrapped up the year with a Rmb1.3bn ($188m) Panda bond, once again raising double its original fundraising target.

Irico Group New Energy is moving ahead with a long-delayed H-share placement that was mooted back in July last year.

Shimao Property Holdings managed to raise a sizeable $570m from its bond return on Monday, using up the last of its annual fundraising quota. But to get to the chunky size at this time of the year, the Chinese company had to offer investors a generous premium.