Greater China

Chongqing Red Dragonfly Oil has raised a $126m onshore loan with a group of seven lenders joining in syndication.

Chinese condiment manufacturer Yihai International Holding is looking to list in Hong Kong, having filed a draft prospectus with the city’s exchange on Thursday.

Standard & Poor’s has cut its credit ratings on Standard Chartered group entities by one notch, becoming the last of the three international ratings agencies to do so over the past few months.

ChemChina gave 11 banks allocations in the $20bn tranche of its Syngenta acquisition loan on Thursday, bringing the total number of banks in the syndicate to 16.

Investments into emerging market equity exchange traded funds have slumped this year, but this has left call structures and outperformance options looking cheap if Chinese capital outflows ease.

ChemChina gave 11 banks allocations in the $20bn tranche of its Syngenta acquisition loan on Thursday, bringing the total number of banks in the syndicate to 16.

The Asia ex-Japan loan market betrayed little direction in the first quarter and the mood of syndication bankers is one of measured optimism for the year ahead. Bankers are making diversification their new goal and are hunting down opportunities in newer sectors, writes Shruti Chaturvedi.

China Logistics Property Holdings Co, which filed for a Hong Kong listing on Thursday, has tapped Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank as joint sponsors for the transaction.

Guosen Securities (Overseas) Company has denied that an event of default had taken place with regards to its dim sum bonds on Thursday, just days after the broker had issued a notice saying otherwise.

You know how holidays are supposed to be fun and relaxing? Well, my friend Two Pints is probably wishing breaks never existed after his eventful Easter weekend.

Citi has lost its vice-chairman for Asean corporate and investment banking Tracey Woon, who is joining UBS in the third quarter of 2016.

Wang Xiao Zhou, who heads up loan syndication and product portfolio management at Bank of China, is leaving for a new position with Bank of China Group Investment (BoCGI).