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51 Credit Card opened books on Friday for its HK$1.4bn ($173.9m) listing in Hong Kong, with 10 firms in the syndicate.

Beijing-based investment bank Chinese Renaissance has set the ball rolling on its Hong Kong IPO.

The Asian dollar loan market is set for some new competitors. A number of Chinese joint stock commercial banks are seeking approvals to set up branches in Hong Kong, with a view to arranging syndicated deals. What impact will this have? Pan Yue finds out.

China’s Ministry of Finance is prepping a comeback to the dollar bond market, less than a year after ending a 13-year hiatus. But can it replicate the success of its 2017 blockbuster transaction? Morgan Davis and Noah Sin find out.

Chinese mobile streaming platform Inke hit the road with its Hong Kong IPO this week armed with anchor demand as it seeks up HK$1.5bn ($192.6m).

Banks are obsessed with going digital. Once-staid institutions fall over each other trying to show how disruptive and revolutionary they can be. Local lenders, keen to get in on the act, pitch journalists elaborate stories about their online lending ‘revolution’, which usually amounts to little more than a handful of deals.

Chinese technology unicorn Meituan Dianping is seeking an IPO in Hong Kong that could raise upwards of $4bn.

Asia’s markets were on edge this week as Chinese equities fell into bear territory and the simmering trade war between the US and China deepened. The tensions felled two IPOs but have not brought fundraising activity to a complete stop, even as bankers remain unsure about what happens next. John Loh reports.

The National Development and Reform Commission intends to restrict offshore bond quotas for Chinese corporations, while also limiting the use of proceeds to refinancing.

Qeeka Home delayed its HK$2.18bn ($277.6m) IPO indefinitely this week as fears grew about a trade war between the US and China.

Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) has sold its first dollar bond of the year, opting for a Formosa transaction in Taiwan.

Qeeka Home is delaying its HK$2.18bn ($277.6m) IPO in Hong Kong indefinitely as fears grow about a trade war between the US and China.