Greater China

John Fei, chief executive for Hong Kong and China at Maybank Kim Eng’s Hong Kong arm, has ambitious plans. He wants it to break into the city’s top 15 investment banks, he told GlobalCapital Asia in a recent interview.

China has gone one step further with its green ambitions, launching a trial for the country’s first pair of domestic green bond indices.

Hongkong Electric is poised to end a five year absence from the dollar bond market after launching a 10 year offering on Thursday.

BoC Aviation attracted a horde of investors to its first 10 year bond in 144A format ahead of a planned IPO in Hong Kong. While the proposed listing caused concern among some investors about the company's ownership, bankers on the deal say that the notes’ primary and secondary performance indicates they were in a minority. .

A pair of southern Chinese companies are hoping to list in Hong Kong, having filed draft prospectuses with the city’s stock exchange on Wednesday.

Onshore exchanges are marking rapid growth, as regulations force China shorters to take an increasingly creative approach.

China Aoyuan Property Group executed a highly popular $250m transaction this week that saw books more than seven times covered, in what was a rare appearance from a Chinese high yield property company in the dollar bond market.

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten has debuted in the offshore renminbi market, becoming one of only a handful of public sector issuers to access the market this year.

The Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) is expanding its international offering with an RMB-priced gold benchmark launched on April 19, with two foreign banks among the initial participants in the auction.

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) attracted high quality non-Chinese bidders for its dual currency, triple tranche offering this week. The response shows that demand remains high for mainland credits despite concerns about the country’s growth.

China’s National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (Nafmii) has published a trial disclosure framework for non-performing loan securitization, paving the way for the first batch of deals to come later this year.

Jacobson Pharma Corp, maker of the Po Chai pills used to treat indigestion and prevent hangovers, is seeking a $200m IPO in Hong Kong via sole sponsor BoC International.