Greater China

Asia’s bond markets have remained resilient despite a Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week and rising concerns about the UK referendum on European Union membership. With deal flow building up for next week, bankers said Asian issuers stand to benefit from volatility in Europe, writes Narae Kim.

Taiwanese green technology firm Giga Solar Materials Corp wrapped up its debut dollar convertible bond this week, raising $110m on Tuesday. For its first visit to the equity linked market in nearly two years, the low profile issuer had to provide a 100% asset swap to entice investors, writes Jonathan Breen.

Biostime International Holdings priced its maiden international bond this week as it builds its presence in Asia's capital markets.

The pre-summer rush for IPOs in Hong Kong is well underway with three companies starting investor education this week, even as stocks started Monday with a wobble.

Conferences are supposed to be fun, especially if you’re an invited guest, which usually leads to a perfect concoction of free booze, food and five star accommodation. Unfortunately that wasn't the case on my recent trip to Beijing — quite the opposite in fact.

Size was the highlight for BMW Automotive Finance this week as it executed the joint largest China auto ABS by a foreign company, raising Rmb4bn ($607m) with its Bavarian Sky China 2016-1 Trust.

Index provider MSCI surprised markets on Tuesday by once again delaying the inclusion of A-shares in its Emerging Markets index. It conceded that China had made some progress, but said the country still has more work to do to tackle concerns over repatriation and restrictions on launching financial products linked to onshore exchanges.

Barclays names new HK chief — Lee leaves Goldman loans team — Chadha departs from Deutsche — DBS India finds new banking head — Huray for RHB IB

CIMB has made 16 people redundant in investment banking and equities, the second time the Malaysian lender has cut regional jobs this year amid a slump in deal flow.

Restrictions on launching A-share linked financial products is one of the remaining hurdles for Chinese equities joining the MSCI. But as solving the issue will require China to relinquish more capital controls, there is unlikely to be a swift conclusion.

Barclays has appointed Anthony Davies as chief executive of the bank's Hong Kong branch, according to sources.

Ping An Insurance Group is planning to list its brokerage unit on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to a filing with the bourse.