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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has appointed Su Yen Chia as its new head of Asia Pacific public policy.

Natixis has made two new hires for its Asia sponsor finance and mergers and acquisitions teams in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong-listed MicroPort Scientific Corp is looking at spinning off and listing its heart treatment subsidiary, according to a stock exchange filing.

Property manager Central China New Life is planning to list in Hong Kong in the first quarter, said a source familiar with the transaction.

Smoore International Holdings, a manufacturer of vaping technology, is lining up a Hong Kong IPO of more than $500m in the first quarter of 2020, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The Securities and Futures Commission has fined RHB Securities Hong Kong HK$6.4m ($821,516) for failing to comply with a number of regulatory requirements.

It is set to be a busy start to 2020 for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with three live IPOs in the market. The most recent launch came from Shanghai Gench Education Group, which hit the road with a HK$773m ($99.2m) deal on Thursday.

Guangzhou R&F Properties, a Hong Kong-listed Chinese real estate developer, raised HK$3.7bn ($475m) from a placement on Thursday evening in one of the last ECM deals of the year in the region.

Cigarette packaging printer Amvig Holdings has closed its HK$1.15bn ($147m) refinancing loan.

Powerlong Commercial Management Holdings has priced its IPO near the top of the range, despite coming to the market at the end of the year and amid a fair bit of supply from Chinese property management companies.

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Hong Kong-based personal loan provider PrimeCredit has issued $200m of asset backed securities, making it the first public term securitization in Hong Kong in more than a decade.