Greater China

Bank of China sold green bonds denominated in yen and offshore renminbi (CNH) last week, ending its long absence in the Japanese market.

iDreamSky Technology Holdings’ HK$990m ($126.5m) IPO has received a quick thumbs-up from investors, with the deal covered and oversubscribed on the first day of bookbuilding.

A handful of Chinese borrowers hit the bond market on Monday in what is expected to be a busy week for issuance, as focus turns to the looming meeting between the US and Mainland presidents and worries rise over fundraising approvals.

Hong Kong-listed ENN Energy Holdings is seeking a $300m term loan to refinance some of its outstanding debt.

Chinese telecommunications software provider AsiaInfo Technologies launched investor education for its Hong Kong float on Monday.

Shanghai Dongzheng Automotive Finance Co has filed a draft prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for its IPO.

Welcome back to our Monday newsletter. In this round-up, Allianz gets approval for first wholly foreign-owned enterprise (Wfoe) in the insurance sector, foreign bond investors will receive tax exemptions, and PBoC Shanghai branch is lifting lending quotas to help small and private enterprises.

In this round-up, People’s Bank of China (PBoC) signs a currency swap with Indonesia, Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges publish rules to limit the length of trading halts, and the Chinese authorities publish new rules to boost the domestic free trade zones (FTZs).

A number of sub-investment grade rated property developers and local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) used private-style executions for their public transactions this week — an increasingly popular approach among Chinese bond issuers.

Sinochem Energy has delayed its Hong Kong listing until 2019, according to a source close to the deal.

In this round-up, China and the Philippines sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a new Panda issuance, survey finds that 64% of Chinese investors choose to invest domestically rather than overseas, and foreign firms are getting approvals to help China build a nationwide credit information monitoring system.

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co pursued a $275m deal on Thursday, altering its initial fundraising goals to score a tightly priced transaction.