Greater China

South African telecommunications company MTN Group is holding a non-deal roadshow in Taipei this month.

China’s central bank will hold on to its 'neutral and prudent' monetary policy, the central bank of Pakistan encourages businesses to trade with China in renminbi, and the Chinese currency regains its position as the sixth most used global payments currency.

Bank of China Hong Kong has appointed a long-serving employee of the group as its new chief executive.

Chinese conglomerate Citic has named banks to lead its first dollar bond sale of the year.

A 30-year banking veteran has joined Standard Chartered to lead one of the most important regions for the firm’s corporate and institutional banking strategy.

Guangdong province-based Huali University Group filed a draft IPO prospectus with the Hong Kong bourse this week, following a stream of Mainland private education providers that listed in the city in 2017.

Swire Properties is set to become Asia ex-Japan's first issuer of international bonds in the new year, opening books for a 10 year dollar green deal on Wednesday morning.

China Merchants Port Holdings is returning to the Panda bond market for a Rmb500m ($76.8m) deal to fund its acquisition of a port in Sri Lanka — a flagship project under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is going ahead with a pilot programme to fully float Hong Kong-listed shares, although the plan will be limited to three companies in the initial stage.

Chinese regional lender Bank of Gansu Co has covered the books for its Hong Kong IPO, which could raise HK$6.1bn ($783.9m) at the top of guidance, according to a banker on the deal.

Chinese logistics services provider SF Holding Co and upstream oil and gas firm Geo-Jade Petroleum Corp are planning to sell dollar bonds this year.

Hong Kong’s Swire Properties is gearing up to become one of the first offshore bond issuers of the year, taking feedback from the market for a potential dollar-denominated green deal.