Greater China

Chinese state-owned coal miner Yankuang Group Company is making a swift comeback to the debt market after its debut just over a month ago, looking to add to its existing three year. Guangzhou R&F Properties Co, meanwhile, sold a quiet $100m tap on Thursday at a slight discount to the original notes.

Property developer Lai Fung Holdings will kick off a roadshow next week for a new dollar bond.

At some point on Christmas Day, after I had polished off several plates of turkey with all the trimmings, six mince pies and half a Christmas pudding, I began to wonder whether or not I was living a healthy lifestyle. I decided that, yes, I probably was.

Standard Chartered has brought a former banker at Citi out of retirement to run its Greater China and North Asian business.

Will 2018 be yet another record year for Asia’s green bond market? The signs were good this week. Swire Properties chose the format for the region’s first dollar bond of the year. Addison Gong reports.

Asia’s leveraged finance bankers started the year hopeful that volumes would pick up. However, US regulators have already undermined those hopes, blocking Ant Financial’s high-profile acquisition of local firm MoneyGram, calling into question the chances of further outbound deals from China. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.

General Atlantic Singapore raised HK$982.2m ($125.6m) on Thursday after upsizing a sale of Xiabuxiabu Catering Management China Holdings stock in Hong Kong’s first block trade of the year, according to a source close to the deal.

Activity in the Hong Kong loan market has made a robust start to the year, with a big loan for Chow Tai Fook entering syndication.

The Chinese regulator’s decision to kick-start a pilot scheme that will allow mainland-based holders of Hong Kong-listed stocks to convert them into H-shares is a big move, with many advantages for both stockholders and the city’s equity market. But it’s not time to crack open the champagne just yet. If the past is any example, progress will be slow at best.

China’s Yingde Gases Group Co has mandated banks for its first dollar bond sale in more than three years.

Foreign asset managers in China have started the New Year in style. Fidelity International launched two funds on January 2, covering onshore equity and fixed income, after receiving its private fund management (PFM) licence last May. The move came less than a week after BlackRock got the regulatory green light for its own PFM licence.

Chinese conglomerate Citic began marketing a dual tranche dollar bond on Thursday morning, nearly a year after its last debt sale.