Greater China

Road King Infrastructure, the Hong Kong-listed developer of highways and property, has announced the terms for the IPO of RKE International, its Chinese toll road assets division, which could value the business at up to HK$8.5bn ($1.1bn).

Qinghai Provincial Investment Group Co, Guangdong Hengjian Investment Holding Co and China Logistics Property Holdings Co are expected to meet Reg S investors early next week.

MSCI’s decision on June 21 to include A-shares in its Emerging Markets Index has, once again, unleashed furious debate between those seeing it as another case of global institutions bending the rules to appease China and those always viewing the China glass as half full. But neither view has much to offer in explaining the Mainland’s growing integration in global financial markets.

Offshore and cross-border RMB business has long been a badge of merit, and HSBC leads the pack. But with the currency in a period of prolonged volatility and capital controls making a return, the market is entering a phase of renewal.

Hong Kong property company Lai Sun Development Co is planning a return to the dollar debt market after a more than four year hiatus.

Stocks on the Hong Kong and China equity markets trade at a wide difference to each other, driven largely by tight capital controls in the Mainland. But MSCI’s decision this week to include A-shares in its Emerging Markets index could bring the two markets closer, and give a fillip to H-shares in the process. Jonathan Breen reports.

China's Ministry of Finance completed its first semi-annual auction of the year of offshore renminbi (CNH) bonds on Thursday, in a deal that surprised analysts with the strength of its demand.

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) signed an agreement this week with the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) for a green bond index, the latest move by China to boost its green credentials and entice international investors. Morgan Davis reports.

The Asian M&A market is heating up, providing loans bankers with some welcome relief following a relatively quiet first half. Promising opportunities from the potential spin-off of Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) and the sale of Singapore’s Global Logistic Properties have set the stage for more activity. Shruti Chaturvedi reports.

China Reinsurance Finance Corp added $700m to its existing 2022 bonds through a tap on Wednesday, hitting its $1.5bn regulatory cap.

Multi-billion-dollar exchange plus new money offerings from China Evergrande and Kaisa Group took centre stage in Asia DCM this week, keeping liability management as the market's hot topic. The deals are considered a win-win for issuers, which can lock in relatively cheap funding, and for investors, which are compensated by an exchange premium, while also allowing Chinese borrowers to pre-empt regulatory hurdles, writes Addison Gong.

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