Guotai Junan Securities Co

Jitters around Italy’s political turmoil made its way to Asia’s bond and stock markets on Wednesday, forcing debt capital markets bankers in the region to hit the pause button on deals.

Property developers Times China Holdings, Central China Real Estate and China South City Holdings raised funds from the dollar bond market on Monday, with all three finding sufficient buy-side interest.

China Energy Reserve & Chemicals Group Co (CERCG) said on Sunday evening that it has officially defaulted on its dollar bonds, marking the third offshore default from Greater China in recent weeks. Markets participants are not stressing about it though, but are instead optimistic about a strong week for primary and secondary markets.

China Overseas Grand Oceans Group (Cogo) raised a larger than expected $500m from a three year bond on Thursday, a week after pulling a 2023 transaction. Future Land Holdings Co also managed to woo investors to a $200m tap.

A challenging market backdrop pushed China Vanke Co to go down the floating rate note route for its bond return on Thursday. It wasn’t disappointed, with bankers saying the $650m bond was priced around 15bp inside a hypothetical fixed rate deal.

Zhongyuan Yuzi Investment Co, a provincial level local government financing vehicle (LGFV), has postponed a planned dollar bond amid weak sentiment for the sector. On the other hand, Nan Hai Corp, which pulled a deal last September, managed to get its second bond attempt past the finish line by opting for a private placement style execution.

The China arm of HSBC visited the Chinese debt market this week and took home Rmb3bn ($472.5m). The issuer cashed in on its name recognition in Mainland China, and sealed the deal despite cautious sentiment among onshore investors.

HSBC’s China subsidiary is returning to the domestic bond market with a three year note today. Quietly confident that offshore investors will participate through Bond Connect, the bank took a relaxed approach when marketing the deal, sources familiar with the transaction told GlobalRMB.

China Aoyuan Property Group’s $200m bond dropped sharply in the secondary market on Thursday as global markets wreaked havoc on the company’s notes.

China Aoyuan Property Group, Hydoo International Holding and Indonesia’s Federal International Finance wasted no time in hitting the bond market on Wednesday after the Labour Day holiday.

Poly Property Group and Hong Yang Group Co raised funds from the dollar bond market last Friday, with the former opting for a tap of its outstanding paper and the latter going down the short-term note route.

Fortune Auto Finance sold two floating tranches in China’s securitization market on April 20. It captured the onshore market’s optimism on the back of the People’s Bank of China’s announcement last week to release extra liquidity through a reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut.